vaginal bleeding with clots

weddell · Silver Member Joined: 28 Jan 2000 Posts: 240

Hello. Lately I started having problems with my periods. Vaginal bleeding was very heavy and prolonged, with clots and last time I had cramps as well. Beside this, my sexual intercourses started to be painful and I have often urge for piing. At the beginning I wasn’t worried cos I thought that pain with periods is a common thing, so I just used some pain killers but now when I started having these other symptoms I started asking myself what could this be!!!

domina · Newbie Joined: 30 Mar 2005 Posts: 23

Hi there! Your symptoms look very like mine when I had uterine fibroids. This is a tumor of the uterus which is the most common tumors in pelvic area. They are benign and they grow in the muscular uterine wall. Besides the symptoms you mentioned there could be enlargement of the stomach area, constipation, pelvic, back, or leg pain. But another things that have similar symptoms are endometriosis or adenomyosis. They are conditions which cause abnormal growth or deposits of uterine tissue or ovarian masses. That is why you need urgently to go the to doctor’s and have yourself examined. I wish you all the best!

katie-06 · Newbie Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 2

All symtoms that were mentioned, i have had for a long time! I have been to my same doctor a good few times & had swob tests and urine samples takin but never have i had any result back telling me what is causing this. What way do you get checked out for this ? Should i be worried ?

doitright · Newbie Joined: 12 Sep 2006 Posts: 3

Hi, I have something like the same thing goin on with me. I have blood clots that come outta my vigina, and attached to it is like yellowish/whitish/clear stuff. But the blood clots come all the time, it doesn't even have to just be around the time of my period. I'm kinda scared because I've read that some blood clots are cancerous. I don't know what to do, I'm scared.. yet I don't want to go to the doctor because like many others I hate discussing that with my doctor. Any one that may have any information, please help me. Thanks!

thatgirlred · Newbie Joined: 17 Sep 2006 Posts: 1

Hi, ive had something similar. When i have my period, sometimes its heavy sometimes its not but i have large and medium blood clots, some with reddish pink strings attached to them and i was wondering if this is normal?

Lou-Lou · Newbie Joined: 19 Sep 2006 Posts: 2

Hey Girls

I just wanted to post a reply having been through some of the things that you are mentioning. It is usually normally to have some kind of clots when you have your periods. By now though you should have had your periods for a while and know what you cycle is and more importantly what's normal for you. I started having extended periods over four months and then one month I had a massive bleed and ended up in A & E. Instead of examining me properly they decided that it must be a hormonal problem and put me on the pill. Two months later after passing clots the size of golf balls that did look stringy I ended up in front of my gyne in agony. It turns out that the top of my cervix was blocked and so was stopping any of my menstrual blood from leaving my body. I was bleeding into my pelvic cavity and in a lot of pain. The blood had been in me so long it had congealed and seperated casing water to come out of me. It turns out that there was no reason for the blockage and my Gyne has never seen anything like it. The big bleed I had was probably the blockage trying to clear itself out.

The point is for the two months I was on Birth Control Pills I was constantly being told that this was breakthrough bleeding and that I shouldn't worry. You girls know what is normal for your body and I can't tell you how important it is to get things checked our as soon as they appear. I was unlucky that this was missed twice but please don't be embarrassed and go and look after your body. At the end of the day it is the only thing in this life that you truly own. I hope that you all find out what are causing your problems and remember to come back to the sites you visited and post up your results so others can learn.

Look after yourselves.

Lou-Lou · Newbie Joined: 19 Sep 2006 Posts: 2

Hey Girls

I just wanted to post a reply having been through some of the things that you are mentioning. It is usually normally to have some kind of clots when you have your periods. By now though you should have had your periods for a while and know what you cycle is and more importantly what's normal for you. I started having extended periods over four months and then one month I had a massive bleed and ended up in A & E. Instead of examining me properly they decided that it must be a hormonal problem and put me on the pill. Two months later after passing clots the size of golf balls that did look stringy I ended up in front of my gyne in agony. It turns out that the top of my cervix was blocked and so was stopping any of my menstrual blood from leaving my body. I was bleeding into my pelvic cavity and in a lot of pain. The blood had been in me so long it had congealed and seperated casing water to come out of me. It turns out that there was no reason for the blockage and my Gyne has never seen anything like it. The big bleed I had in A & E was probably the blockage trying to clear itself out.

The point is for the two months I was on Birth Control Pills I was constantly being told that this was breakthrough bleeding and that I shouldn't worry. You girls know what is normal for your body and I can't tell you how important it is to get things checked out as soon as they appear. I was unlucky that this was missed twice but please don't be embarrassed and go and look after your body. At the end of the day it is the only thing in this life that you truly own. I hope that you all find out what are causing your problems and remember to come back to the sites you visited and post up your results so others can learn.

Look after yourselves.

doitright · Newbie Joined: 12 Sep 2006 Posts: 3

I'm not even on the pill.. and I've been having this happen to me. From reading what was just posted, I think, you were saying that you were on the pill and it was causing this to happen to you. But I'm not, nor have I been on the pill. I don't know whats causing it.. or why. But I do think it's time to go to the doctor. Thanks for your information!

deny · Newbie Joined: 26 Sep 2006 Posts: 1

I have a long history of heavy lengthy periods. I have taken birth control in the past to help regulate my perods but I haven't taken any in over a yr. Even on the pill periods were still heavy and longer than the avg. Lasting more than a week. Lately I have been having serious clotting which I've never had before. I saw my OB/gyn last week and had a vaginal ultrasound. I was told that everything looked normal w/ the exception of my rt ovary which was much larger than the left. I was told that this was because I still had bleeding. I have only been taken the pill this time for 6 days. My OB/gyn gave me a diagnosis of dysfunctional uterine bleeding, menorrhgia, and metrorrghia. The problem is there doesn't appear to be any signs of stopping for the bleeding, clots, and cramps.I have now had these symptoms for 3weeks. I',m anemic(taking birth control w/ iron) I'm at a lost now and I'm getting very frustrated. Where is all of this coming from, what is causing all of this, and what can I do?

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Well I've had this clotting problem for a long long time(I'm 48yr. now!), so I don't think it's anything to worry about.
I did though at one point have a cyst on my ovary which my Doctor said could cause abnormal bleeding. If you do have clots try advil which has helped me to lessen them a lot.
It is best though to get checked out by your Doctor just to see if there are no other serious causes! I think that my bleeding was due to it coming out slower and thus coagulating on it's way out.
If this is the same reason for you then try something to keep it thinned out like aspirin or advil. I have found that if I have cramps too when I take an advil it greatly lessens them and the clots too.
I think that it is probably due to the transit time of the blood leaving your body....remember any type of blood does coagulate. And if you are having cramps it's your body's way of trying to expel the blood which may be slower than usual. First consult the Doctor to get a clean bill of health and then if there is nothing wrong then experiment with advil and see if it will not only just help me but you too! Sincerely, Kate

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