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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Take your daughter to a gynecologist to be evaluated for primary dysmenorrhea.  This is not uncommon and for teens like me, cannot be resolved with Advil.  I was put on birth control pills which alleviated my symptoms almost immediately.  Like your daughter, I was missing school due to the pain and nausea and once even passed out in the school bathroom.[/quote]

+1  My periods never gave me issues but I knew of girls it did and my own DD suffers.  My DD is on BCP to address it.

I have to say that I take issue with the attitude, 'some women have really tough periods and we have to learn to push through them'.  No, you don't and I suspect it was a male pediatrician who, basically, told her to suck it up.  It does NOT need to be this way and you can bet your a$$ that if it were men/boys who routinely had these symptoms it would be better addressed.[/quote]

+1. This. If your DD has periods so bad she is missing school, why aren’t you talking to a gyn?  My DD had incredibly heavy periods, seven days on, seven days off. 15 minutes of talking with a gyn who specializes in teens, no need for tests or a pelvic exam in her case.  DD’s very thin with a petite frame. 5’4 and still below 100 lbs at 17.  Not enough body fat to produce enough estrogen to regulate her cycle. Low dose BCP and it was life changing. Pus, some iron supplements.  She had become anemic.

No, this isn’t something women just have to put up with.  Get your kid medical care. [/quote]

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