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Re: Can Endo be in your chest? (Kirsty)From: Janet (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sun Dec 30 14:56:54 2001
At Sat, 29 Dec 2001, Kristy wrote: > >Lauren, > >I don't have Inflammatory Bowel Disease but I do have Irritable >Bowel Syndrome but that isn't factoring in to why I've been >constipated the last few months or so. My endo acting up is the >reason that I'm constipated. I know this from the last time >that my endo recurred two years ago. > >Thanks for your input though. > >===== >Kristy :) > >http://www.geocities.com/sokokl/kristyspersonalpage.html > >Hoping to be a nurse soon but for now just a Medical Secretary who does a lot of learning from reading on the Net, books, my dr(s), as well as sharing my own personal experiences. > >http://greetings.yahoo.com Kristy, Hi sweetie!! IBS is very common in women with endo...a lot of women are dx'd with it before they ever get an endo dx. Also, a lot of women who are dx'd with IBS and endo, don't actually have IBS. This is why the dietary changes for IBS don't always work. Constipation and diarrhea are both common symptoms of endo. My Dr says it is because the prostaglandins that are produced by the body to make the uterus contract during your period also effect the bowels, because they are also a smooth muscle. Unfortunately, women with endo tend to produce more prostaglandins (no one knows why, theory is the endo tissue itself produces it), this is why even without a uterus, women can still produce these hormones. Every cycle I have constipation for a few days and then diarrhea when I would have had my period.
-- Janet
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