My sister in-law has been having 2 periods a month?

Question:

For the past 2 months, she has had 2 periods each month lasting about 4 days each. They seem to fall about a week and a half a part. She's only 13 but she's real thin. Could this be the cause? It's never happened before this past June. Her eating habits have always been the same since childhood. Does anyone know what it could be?

Answers:
It could indeed be her low weight. Fat produces estrogen; if her body doesn't have much fat, then it may simply be that she does not yet make enough estrogen to sustain a uterine lining. It would probably be a good idea for her to talk with her doctor; he may want to prescribe a hormone regimen for her, since too-frequent bleeding can cause problems like iron-deficiency anemia.

if she is too thin or too big this could cause it.
also a chemical imbalance.
if she is stressed alot it could cause her to have multiple periods or not a period at all

It is most likey because she is young and irregular. It could also be an infection. The dr would most likely put her on the pill to get her regular.

it can be normal or it can be hormonal related condition like thyroid problem.so pls wait for about a month see what happens this time with the menses .meanwhile take green leafy vegetable in diet to inrease the blood hemoglobin.then go to doc if it doesnt correct.

Well she's really young.. during their first months after getting their first period, girl's cycles can be irregular.

But I suggest she go see the doctor anyway just to see whats going on..

she needs a diet of hearty foods, weight gain. if she waits to long, far worse symptoms will appear.

may coz of some harmonal imbalance. consult a gynaic for good n trusted result.

My sister in-law has been having 2 periods a month?

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