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I really need help: My stomach feels like soneone is ripping my guts out.
I just turned twelve and im not sure if im cramping I have this really bad pain under my stomach and my back to my thighs hurt and I feel dizzy. My stomach feels like soneone is ripping my guts out. I even feel really weak! Please help me out!
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Hi, we are not doctors, even if we were we should not and cannot make a proper diagnoses over the Internet. Everyone feels pain differently. What you are feeling may sound like premenstrual cramping but could be something far more serious.
Even if it is premenstrual cramping there is nothing to be embarrassed about. Every young lady entering puberty will get their period sometime. Possibly as early as age 10 or as late as their mid teens.
Your mom is well aware that sometime around your present age you will get your period and she is just waiting for you to come to her so she can help you as I'm sure her mother helped her.
As I said in the beginning it is very possible this is premenstrual cramping. Though there is just enough of a possibility it is something else. Something that requires medication or some other type of medical intervention. Mom will have a better idea what to do once you tell her how you feel.
If you have a temperature above 100 what you are experiencing is not premenstrual cramping and does require medical intervention. In which case you will have to tell mom as you are too young to make your own doctors appointments.
NOTE: I'm old enough to be your grandfather and I'm quite liberal in my views, so a word of advice. There is nothing to be embarrassed about with normal bodily functions. For a young lady her period is a normal bodily function. When it comes to aches and pains or general not feeling well the best person to consult is one of your parents. Believe this; as a husband and father your dad and I are very familiar with a woman's normal bodily function and dad can be consulted if mom is not available without embarrassment.
Our children's health and welfare our are most important concern. Embarrassment should never stand in the way of consulting a parent when you don't feel well. As hard as it is to believe we were all once your age and for the most part we have had all the aches and pains you will have.
So talk to mom and let her decide if you need to see a doctor or if she can help relieve the symptoms your having.
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That happens to me each month I start my period. I always get cramps because of my period. I always describe it as someone stabbing my stomach. So I understand the feeling completely. One time I even had nausea and was dizzy. I've gotten cramps almost every month for 5 years.
Have you started your period? I started when I was 12 so if you haven't, there's a good chance you will be soon.
If you're sure it's not because of your period or anything, you should go see a doctor.
The first couple years, it hurt so bad I'd stay home crying for hours till it went away.
If all this is because of cramp from your period, take Midol, it helps. Also put a heating pad on your stomach.
If it's not that, like I said before, go talk to your parents and see a doctor to make sure it's not dangerous.
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Inform your parents immediately. It could be something which can be easily treated with Pepto Bismol, but it could also be something serious. Let them make the call insofar as whether you need to see a doctor.
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