ENDO Messages for April, 2002: Re: child sexual abuse and endometriosis

Re: child sexual abuse and endometriosis

From: anna (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue Apr 9 22:21:18 2002

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At Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Ana wrote: >
>When I was initially diagnosed with endo my doctor said I got it from my sexual promiscuity. I had only had sex with one man at the time so I di n't understand, but this doctor insisted you can get this disease throug sex. I have always wondered if I got this disease b/c this guy couldn' manage to keep his pants on but at the same time, I have never seen any hing during research supporting this. Was anyone else told something li e this?
>

>>>----- Original Message -----
>From: anonymous@obgyn.net
>Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 4:52 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list ENDO
>Subject: Re: child sexual abuse and endometriosis
>
>Hi Anna:
>
>i am very sorry about what happened to you.
>
>I have done extensive reading, and I have never seen anything credible
>supporting such a theory! Endometriosis is a physical condition in which
>your uterine lining grows outside of the uterus. I have seen many
>studies attempting to determine the cause of endo, but I have never seen
>one suggesting a relationship to childhood sexual abuse.
>
>There are some theories that abuse may contribute to pelvic pain, or to
>the pain perceptors (makes you feel pain more), but no, I don't think
>that there is even one documented case of endo being caused by abuse.
>
>If someone is telling you this, I really think that they are mistaken.
>Best wishes.
>
>At Mon, 8 Apr 2002, anna wrote:
>>
>>hi. i have heard that a lot of times endometriosis can be caused due to
>>child sexual abuse. i was abused when i was a child and i am trying to
>>find out it there is any relation. does anyone know anything in regards
>>to this??

i really just don't know what to think. everyone gives so many opinions about it that it gets confusing after a while.

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