“Menstrual Cramps”
I started my period when I was 11. I am now 15 and I have a very high pain tolerance. Every month about a week before my period I have pain on the right side of my pelvis, some days it will cause me to limp.
When my period actually starts I will have awful cramps on day 1, which will force me to be stuck in bed with a heating pad; this will also happen on day 3, and sometimes on day 5. A heating pad and midoI hardly touch the pain. I haven't cried because of pain in years, but because of these cramps, I can't help it. It feels like somebody is stabbing a knife into my middle pelvic area, and squeezing my hips together with a bench vise. I don't want my parents to waste money on a doctor's visit if it is nothing... Is this normal, or should I get it checked out?
When my period actually starts I will have awful cramps on day 1, which will force me to be stuck in bed with a heating pad; this will also happen on day 3, and sometimes on day 5. A heating pad and midoI hardly touch the pain. I haven't cried because of pain in years, but because of these cramps, I can't help it. It feels like somebody is stabbing a knife into my middle pelvic area, and squeezing my hips together with a bench vise. I don't want my parents to waste money on a doctor's visit if it is nothing... Is this normal, or should I get it checked out?
Female | 15 years old
Complaint duration: Pain started about a year and a half ago.
Medications: None
Conditions: None that are known
3 Answers
OB-GYN(Obstetrician-Gynecologist)MenstrualCramps
This sounds more symptomatic than what is considered normal. With the intensity of your symptoms, you should get this checked out by a GYN doctor.
Pelvic pain prior to the onset of menses raises the possibility of endometriosis.
The certainty of the diagnosis is made it laparoscopy, a pelvic ultrasound may be helpful empiric treatment with birth control pills. May be helpful.
The diagnosis is important to make and treat the underlying cause of a patient’s pain.
Keep in mind that two days a month equals 24 days a year and if you throw in occasional pain on day five of the cycle, the place is a person in bed. This could easily add up to a month or more of paying per year. Many doctors would consider this unacceptable loss of quality of life, especially over, the mini years of the reproductive history of a woman which includes 400 cycles per reproductive lifetime on average. This could easily add up to 1000 days of lost time from ages 11 to 50.
The certainty of the diagnosis is made it laparoscopy, a pelvic ultrasound may be helpful empiric treatment with birth control pills. May be helpful.
The diagnosis is important to make and treat the underlying cause of a patient’s pain.
Keep in mind that two days a month equals 24 days a year and if you throw in occasional pain on day five of the cycle, the place is a person in bed. This could easily add up to a month or more of paying per year. Many doctors would consider this unacceptable loss of quality of life, especially over, the mini years of the reproductive history of a woman which includes 400 cycles per reproductive lifetime on average. This could easily add up to 1000 days of lost time from ages 11 to 50.
Dr. Sheryene Tejeda
OB-GYN (Obstetrician-Gynecologist) | Reproductive Endocrinology
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Hello. I'm sorry to hear about your monthly suffering. I do advise that you be seen to have some tests run, specifically scans and or ultrasounds. What you are experiencing could be a result of Endometriosis, cysts, or something else.
