I am an 18 year old girl who has had no prior sexual activities. I have rather heavy painful periods lasting for around 5 - 7 days. A couple of times previously, a week or so after my period has stopped I have seemed to have "vaginal spotting" i.e. very small amounts of blood on the toilet paper I assume have come from my vagina. This has worried me. I did some research online and some say it can be caused as stress, so I kind of put it to that. However, today I had some more vaginal spotting, a little more this time, and it has worried me more.
Recently I have been concerned I might have low thyroid levels as it runs in the family and I have been having troubles losing weight, and other symptoms such as dry skin.
Can bleeding between periods possible be another symptom to Hypothyroidism and would you suggest me seeing a doctor about the problem (the bleeding)?
I just realized this thread would be more suited in the Menstrual cycle related area: https://www.steadyhealth.com/Menstrual_cycle__period__related-f98.html
Not sure how I go about moving threads though.