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mybar35 asked in HealthWomen's Health · 1 decade ago

Vaginal Bleeding but gynecologist say it's not coming from vaginal area.?

I went to use the rest room and when I wiped, I saw blood on the tissue. Not a lot of blood. I am on birth control pills. It was loestrin 24. Now, I have switched to Ortho tri cyclin. I haven't been on them a month yet. I went to the gynecologist and she said I had blood and protein in my urine. She did a pap smear and looked under the microscope and said I had no infection. I had a pap smear 6 months ago and it was normal. She also did a urine culture and it came back with no infection also. She thought maybe it could have been a bladder infection. She determined that it was not related to my vaginal area and suggested I go to a urologist. I went to my primary doctor and they did a ultrasound of my kidneys and I haven't heard the results from it yet. It has been over 7 days so I'm assuming it's okay but I will call them tomorrow. About a week in a half ago, i did another urine sample and I had no blood and no protein in the urine. However, last night I used the rest room and I see blood again. Has this ever happened to anyone? What could be going on? I thought it was break through bleeding from my birth control pills but the gynecologist said it's not vaginal related. Also, I have had vaginal bleeding before and another gynecologist said it was from my cervix being inflammed. That happened in 2006. Now, I have seen blood on the tissue 3 times in about a month in a half. I assumed it was break through bleeding from my birth control pill but after the 2nd time this happened I said let me check it out. It scares me when I see blood. I would appreciate anyone who can help me out with this. Thanks for your help!

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  • sokokl
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    It could still be related to the Ortho-Tricyclen. The reason that it could still be related to the Ortho-Tricyclen is because your body is still trying to adjust to being on the medication. Also, I found out from my doctor when I considered Ortho-Tricyclen a few years after it came out that breakthrough bleeding/spotting can be a common side effect of being on that pill. When I asked her about trying it she told me no because of the breakthrough bleeding issue since I had such a problem with breakthrough bleeding.

    The other possibility is that yes, this could be related to cervicitis (something I have had happen to me several times during the period of 2003-2005).

    However, I would recommend getting yet another opinion, preferably from someone that does not share the same office of the doctors you have been to, to see what they think could be going on.

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