Re: adhesions
From: ~JR~ (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Jan 17 10:16:54 2001
Hi Suzanne:
Another very common cause of adhesions is any type of infection, such as
PID, which may have occurred in the past.
JR
At Tue, 16 Jan 2001, suzanne wrote:
>
>I know countless women who have had endo in the past, had it removed and
>still have had the return of pain, only to have surgery and the doctor
>finds only adhesions or in a few cases, calcification.
>
>Adhesions formation is different for everyone. The 2 most common causes
>of adhesions are surgery and the disease endometriosis. Adhesions can
>be as painful as active endometriosis.
>
>It is also true that if your doctor is not familiar with all the many
>different appearances of endo, aside from the classic powder-burn
>lesions, you may indeed still have endo in your pelvis that was missed
>during his lap. Please check out the image library of endometriosis on
>the endozone and you will see the many different appearances endo has.
>
>Have you considered seeing an endo specialist, one who is capable of the
>best surgical technique and has a great deal of experience operating on
>endometriosis patients? You will find this is by far the best approach
>to long-term if not permanent relief from endometriosis.
>
>--
>suzanne
>
>>At Tue, 16 Jan 2001, anonymous wrote:
>>>
>>>I had a lap 4 years ago for pelvic pain and the doc found adhesions but
>>>no endo. I had never had any surgeries or infections to cause these.
>>>Now I am having pain again and wonder if I had endo all along and the
>>>doc couldn't see it or what is going on. Please help.
>
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