Hi doctor,
My problems began three days ago. Suddenly I felt dizzy, had trouble keeping my balance, and everything turned yellow. I tried sitting down for a bit and standing up several times. My friend got concerned once he realized I was not overreacting. I suddenly felt the need to go to the bathroom and sat down again. I do not remember what happened, but I woke up to my friend slapping me and saying I had fainted. I insisted I did not need to go to the hospital. However, the next day we were walking around town when I started feeling what I thought was my period cramps coming on. I asked my friend to wait by the restroom while I went in to put in a tampon. I had not made it into the stall when what I can only describe as an excruciating pain shocked my lower abdomen, sending me reeling to the floor of the empty bathroom and the force of hitting the floor causing another ripple of pain. My periods are always relatively mild, and even when the occasional cramp hit, it was not nearly as debilitating as this was.
After around five minutes of gasping in pain on the bathroom floor, I was able to get up alright and hurriedly shoved a wad of toilet paper in between my labia, concerned that I was giving a mini birth to a huge chunk of my uterus. I felt fine until we were in the convenience store searching for pain relievers when I felt the second wave coming. Doubled over the entire way groaning in pain, my friend paid for the medicine and ran out the door with me. As soon as we sat down on a park bench, I promptly started salivating and vomited for a few minutes. Afterward, I took the medication Menstridol for the cramp and tried to poop, and I felt a little better. I am usually very tolerant of pain, and this whole thing has been terrifying. Could it possibly just be my period? I have never had cramps or symptoms like this before, and the whole thing with the fainting was just weird.
Hi,
Welcome to icliniq.com.
You are right to be concerned. From your symptoms, it could be a couple of things.
1) If you are sexually active or have had unprotected sex in the recent past, it is pretty likely that you may be having an ectopic that is tubal or even uterine pregnancy. The tubal ectopic pregnancy, if undetected, is fatal, and you need to go to the emergency room. I suggest you have an ultrasound and a beta hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) blood test to rule out pregnancy. If the tube ruptures, you will lose a lot of blood and undergo emergency surgery.
2) If you are not sexually active, it could be a fibroid or polyp. However, they do not cause you to faint, and so on. Please go to the emergency room as soon as possible.
You can revert for any further queries or doubts.
Was this answer helpful?
|Same symptoms doesn’t mean you have the same problem. Consult a doctor now!
We did IVF, but it ended with a chemical pregnancy ... Does this value signify a healthy pregnancy ... We got a positive result through urine test ... We did serum b... Read full
Is my lower abdominal pain pointing towards Crohn's disease?The lower abdominal discomfort did not disappear and the stool has not formed yet ... Hi doctor, I had severe abdominal pain with diar... Read full
I had miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy in the last six months. Is it endometriosis?Hi doctor, I am recently trying to get pregnant and in the past six months, have had a miscarriage and an ectopic pregnancy ... I forgot to mention I have had one successful pregnancy two years ... Read full
Also Read Answers From:
Comprehensive Medical Second Opinion.Submit your Case
Also Read
Ask your health query to a doctor online?
Ask an Obstetrician & Gynaecologist Now