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Period
my friend is 14 and gets her period every 2 weeks. i know she should be irregular but not that irregular, right? please help. thanks! :]
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It is normal for girls beginning their periods to be irregular but it is often unhealthy if the cycles are coming too soon.
Her body can quickly be depleted of some vital nutrients and she can become anemic, especially if her periods are also heavy.
Here are a couple of links about anemia, including a bunch of symptoms:
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She really needs to see her doctor about this menstrual situation. Her normal doctor may send her to a gynecologist (just to make sure everything is okay) and may also prescribe her to begin taking iron supplements if he/she feels she is lacking.
I had periods like that when I started too and it was really awful for me since I had less time to go swimming and do things other girls my age were doing.
It turned out that I had a cyst on one of my ovaries and that's why my periods were so out of whack. I had to go to the gynecologist so they could help me set my periods straight.
Without seeing a doctor I wouldn't have known about the cyst and my periods would still be very bad.
I had gone so long letting my body have periods like your friend is having, my body was lacking iron and I developed dark patches under my eyes that were very hard to cover up with make-up and were very embarrassing.
I wish your friend courage on telling her mother about her menstrual cycle problems and requesting to see her doctor about it.
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It's normal for periods to be very irregular. I'm just about finished with mine, and I got it about 2 weeks ago. 2 months before that, I had my period. It varies, and it won't regulate until you're out of your teen years [usually]. Don't worry.
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well she has her period too often...but it can take up to 4 years for a girl's period to regulate fully and I doubt she's had her period since she was 10 so she's okay for now...if it continues after the 4 years she should go see a gynecologist. They'll be able to do something about it.
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