The reason I asks, I heard on one of the radio stations from a doctor that it is suppose to last for only two days. If it lasts longer, that means that a women is not healthy and this is the reason alot of women become anemic. Mines last between 4 to 5 days. Do you think the doctor is correct about that? I do not know what to believe..
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3-9 days is the average length of menstruation. The radio might have been talking about menstruation while on new low-dose birth controls. They can shorten the length of your period to about 3 days. I think with 4 to 5 days, you're lucky.
Anemia can be caused by particularly long or heavy cycles. So even if you have a relatively short cycle, which you do, if it's very heavy, you could still be losing to much blood (esp. the iron in your blood.) Symptoms of anemia include weakness, fatigue, and shakiness. If you think you may have it, ask a doctor about it. A simple blood test can check your iron levels. They may recommend increasing your dietary intake of iron or iron supplements. Good luck!
A normal cycle is between 5 and 7 days.
That's baloney- they last 4-8 days.
I last 4-5 days 2 day being heavy
The average menstrual bleed can last from four to seven days. The "doctor" that said a period should only last two days doesn't either doesn't know what he's talking about or he meant to say that excessive bleeding (such as soaking through a pad within an hour) for more than two days can cause anemia.
A typical menstrual period can last anywhere from 24 hours to 10 days, depending upon the person.
The doctor that said that on public radio was an idiot! People like that ought to have mandatory lobotomies and their lips super-glued shut!
If you're period lasts 4-5 days, you are in among the national average. Do NOT fret about something so trivial!
Here's a link to some info. Your period may last anywhere between 2-7 days. You are ok.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/ovulati...
that docotr is stupid. a normal period last 2-7 days with the AVERAGE being 5. Women who eat less or are vegetarians will usually have shorter periods so the doctor was probably a vegetarian supporter, which does not mean that you are unhealthy if you are within the avergae, 5 days
It is different for everyone. I do not think that 4 or 5 days is unhealthy, if you feel there is a problem talk to your doctor about it... word of advice...do not believe everything you hear...or read
between 5-7 days
Not every female is the same. Usually periods will last anywhere from 3 to 7 days. Depending on how long your cycle is (28 days-42 days), I think that plays effect on how long you'll have your period.
The Doctor is very wrong! Most women's mentrual cycle runs 5-7 days per month.
If they are 2 days , then they must be on some kind of birth control or some drug to make it happen.
Most women are healthy and bleed 5-7 days every month til menopause.
mine is also 4-5 days, that's normal
That wasn't a doctor. There is no way that that was a doctor. No doctor would confuse the words period and cycle. No doctor would say that a cycle lasts only 2 days. No doctor would imply that menstrual flow is fresh blood.
Your period lasts from 3 - 7 days, but the most frequent length of a cycle is about 28 days.
As soon as your period ends, your body begins laying down a new layer of tissue. That tissue has one use and one use only - to provide a food source for a fertilized and implanted ova, until there is enough of a placenta for you to support than embryo. That embryo prompts your body to secrete specific hormones that prevent the lining from being sloughed off.
Where there is no fertilized ova that has implanted, your body doesn't produce those hormones, and the lining sloughs off, clearing the way for a fresh lining to be laid down. That sloughing off is your menstrual flow.
Your cycle is the time from the first day of one period to the last day without the next one. OF course, you can't tell that offhand, but you can tell when your next period begins, and that begins the count of another cycle. Keep track of these on a calendar, any calendar, and you can determine both the usual length of your period and of your cycle.
Call that radio station and complain about their choice of guest. Then call your country's broadcast authority and complain about it as well.
depends on how old you are...anytime from 2-8 days is normal, teens and peri-menopausal women have shorter periods.
I think every woman on here would agree with me and say they'd like to find out how to have 2 day periods! LOL
Mine were every 28 days like clockwork since I was 12 years old, 5 days long. Three days of bleeding, one day of absolutely nothing, last day of spotting. Then all of a sudden one day last August my body decided to say "screw you" and it hasn't been the same since then. Nineteen wasn't a good year for me lol. Anyways...
I have never heard of 2 day periods, even on birth controls that are supposed to lighten it. They make it so you can skip it altogether, but that's not what he was saying on the radio either.
I do not think the doctor was correct at all...I'm just afraid of what he's been telling his female patients all these years he's been in practice. If that is what the "doctor on the radio" really said then he doesn't know what he's doing. If he does actually believe what he said he has no right to a medical license. 4-5 days sounds completely normal so you sound like you are fine with your cycle.
Like she said up there...don't believe everything you read or hear.
I only believe it if I can see it, and even then I don't always believe it.
about 4- 5 days
The normal time is 4-5 days, but as some women age it gets less, some have them for 7-8 days any longer than this should get checked out.
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