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Anon_10343 posted:
went to my regular dr two weeks ago for terrible pain under my ribs on the upper left top of my stomach, and terrible back pain, couldnt lay down, couldnt lay on my left side, anyway he didnt no what was wrong but did a urine test and said i had a uti, he gave me macrobid for the infection, i havee been in menopause for two years, no periods, well after a few days i started bleeding, it has been a week and i have ffinished the antibiotics but the bleeding is still ongoing, he sent me for a ctscan and it reveled a uterine fibroid, which was there yeas ago, why the bleeding now???,, i donot no what is going on, still have the unbearable back pain and cannot stand for my back to touch anything, my stomach is so swelled, i look as though i am eight montths pregnant, please advise what could be happening, i have been taking prempro for about eight months and never had bleeding, it took the antibiotics tto bring on the bleeding
2 Replies |Watch This Discussion | Report This| Share this:please advise<i>went to my regular dr two weeks ago for terrible pain under my ribs on the upper left top of my stomach, and terrible back pain, couldnt lay down, couldnt lay on my left side, anyway he didnt no what was wrong but did a urine test and said i had a uti, he gave me macrobid for the infection, i havee been in menopause for two years, no periods, well after a few days i started bleeding, it has been a week and i have ffinished the antibiotics but the bleeding is still ongoing, he sent me for a ctscan and it reveled a uterine fibroid, which was there yeas ago, why the bleeding now???,, i donot no what is going on, still have the unbearable back pain and cannot stand for my back to touch anything, my stomach is so swelled, i look as though i am eight montths pregnant, please advise what could be happening, i have been taking prempro for about eight months and never had bleeding, it took the antibiotics tto bring on the bleeding</i>
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Mary Jane Minkin, MD responded:
Dear Anon_10343,
It's not clear what's going on. Have you had a followup urine culture to make sure the urine is clear? If it is, you will need to follow up with your doctor to figure out the cause of the pain. Menopause is associated with lots of things, but pain is rarely caused by menopausal health issues. The inflammation from the urinary tract infection certainly could have contributed to the vaginal bleeding; but something else is going on here.
Good luck,
Mary Jane
Report This| Share this:please adviseDear Anon_10343,<br />It's not clear what's going on. Have you had a followup urine culture to make sure the urine is clear? If it is, you will need to follow up with your doctor to figure out the cause of the pain. Menopause is associated with lots of things, but pain is rarely caused by menopausal health issues. The inflammation from the urinary tract infection certainly could have contributed to the vaginal bleeding; but something else is going on here.<br />Good luck,<br />Mary Jane
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daisydawn49 replied to Mary Jane Minkin, MD's response:
have not had a follow up urine test, the only thing he said was that he is going to send my ct results to my gynecologist because i have a three month pap because my last one came back abnormal, i do still have the fibroid and it has grown over time, the bleeding is what has concerned me the most because why would just taking antibiotics for a uti cause the bleeding and the pain i was having disappeared but is now back, guess its a medical mystery, i donot no if anyone will get to the bottom of it
Report This| Share this:please advise<i>have not had a follow up urine test, the only thing he said was that he is going to send my ct results to my gynecologist because i have a three month pap because my last one came back abnormal, i do still have the fibroid and it has grown over time, the bleeding is what has concerned me the most because why would just taking antibiotics for a uti cause the bleeding and the pain i was having disappeared but is now back, guess its a medical mystery, i donot no if anyone will get to the bottom of it</i>
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