concerned over 5days+ periods?

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-14-2003
concerned over 5days+ periods?
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Sun, 12-14-2003 - 4:24am
Hi this is Sapna from India. I am only 21 years old. I am concerned over my latest period which is in its 7th day.. although I have normal periods before.. lasting over 4-5 days max only. This is also the period when I havent used Homeopatic Pain Killers as I am regular to Gym n excercising.

Because of this i am into depression & also my back is hurting. Is it something serious? Can anyone help me understand why this is happening? Please. Awaiting ur reply.

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-13-2003
Sun, 12-14-2003 - 5:25pm
I am 22, and our bodies are still changing at this age. I've had periods as long as 9 days when I was younger. Even on birth control now, my periods are still 5-7 days. There is no need to worry about longer periods, but I would say this is providing it's not still heavy bleeding on the later days. I'm no expert on what causes the periods to last longer, but I can say mine got shorter when I stopped eating red meat. But since you live in India I assume you don't eat red meat anyway (most of my college professors were from India). So I would guess that not sticking to your regular homeopatic pain killers and excerising could be a cause for it to be longer. But as I stated in the beginning, we're young and our bodies are still changing, so don't worry you should be fine.