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could this be cancer?
I'm 16 female and I'm mid cycle and I had a white discharge and there's blood also could this be cancer? I don't really want to go to the doctor
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Maybe give some free advice about: Menstrual/Period Issues?
Honey its normal.
Don't stress, okay?
It's just cleaning itself out!
If you'd had sex it could be a different story.
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Edited response: I'm sorry you were abused by a Doctor I hope you reported the abuse. IF not you still can. Sexual abuse of a minor has no statued of limitation in most states. Please report the doctor to the police and seek professional help from a therapist to put this behind you or it will effect you badly for the rest of your life. You are old enough now that you do not need parental permission or assistance to speak to the police about this. I wish you would have said so in your writing to us and I would have addressed this in my answer.
You still need to see a doctor. Find a new doctor, part of the HIPPA Law allows for you to find your own doctors. Find a female GYN and insist that the nurse stay with you at all times during your visit. Explain to the doctor why you need this to be and I am sure your new doctor will understand.
Unfortunately you are not the first person to be abused by their doctor. You can make sure, if your parents have not already done so that this doctor does not abuse any other young girls by calling the police and report the doctor. They will understand why you may have waited so long if this happened anytime in the distant past.
You can also call this hotline number 1-800-656-HOPE. It will connect you with an organization called RAINN. It stands for Rape, Abuse, Incest, National Network. The volunteers who answer the phone will talk with you and help you find a therapist to work with and help you make a report to the police by working with RAINN volunteers in your town. Please call them they can help you.
I am so terribly sorry this has happened to you. Don't let this fester another day. If the doctor is still practicing you need to report him/her. I believe you are strong enough to do so. If you need help with making the report as RAINN to help you. But whatever you decide please see a therapist and get help dealing with this so you can move on. Not all doctors are abusers.
Also please see a doctor for what is presently causing you a problem. Chose a new doctor or go to a Hospital ER but get treatment. As I said to ignore this is dangerous for you.
HI,
None of us are doctors, so we cannot make any diagnoses. It would be wrong of us to even try as no two people are alike. What effects one person one way may not effect you the same way.
The fact is whatever this may be it is not normal. It will not get better by itself and needs to be seen and treated by a doctor. Being afraid to go to the doctor to find out what this may be is silly. I can't say if it is cancer or not. What I can say is there is just as big a chance that it is not cancer. Left untreated it could turn into something that will have an adverse affect on whether you can have children later in life.
By a Federal Law you have been old enough since you were 14 to make and see a doctor concerning your reproductive system without parental consent.
The law known as HIPPA affords you total medical privacy. Meaning mom cannot be in the exam room with you and neither of your parents can know anything about what the doctors is examining you for or treating you for without a written release of information to the doctor allowing your parents access to these medical records. No one and that includes your parents can have access to these medical records without your consent.
Releasing them without your consent subjects the doctor and staff to 5 years in jail and a $5,000 fine.
So if one of your fears in seeing the doctor is that mom will find out you are sexually active stop your worries, she can't be told. The doctor will see that your Hymen is broken and ask if you are sexually active. Since there are many reasons other than sexual activity for a Hyman to break the doctor needs to ask this question. IF you are answer truthfully as this is important in your diagnoses & treatment.
Being able to answer the doctors questions without fear of parental knowledge is the purpose behind the clause in the HIPPA law covering young people and there reproductive system. No court can issue an order to release these records. You have total confidentiality.
All you need to say to the doctor is, "I am 16 and I invoke my rights under HIPPA to medical Confidentiality." The doctor will take it from there. If mom is with you she will be asked to go wait in the waiting room. I'm sure she will not want to make a scene in front of the doctor. Once you are home you can inform her of the law. There is nothing she or your dad can force you to do about it.
So with this knowledge you have no reason to fear seeing the doctor and mom finding out anything you don't want to know. In the unlikely event this is cancer mom needs to know. I'm sure the doctor would discuss this with you and ask permission to tell your parents.
If I was a gambling man I would wager heavily this is not cancer. So go see the doctor.
By the way I am old enough to be your Grandfather and I tell you this for I believe you need to know the information contained in the HIPPA Law.
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