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Re: Adomen pains in third world country

From: Bernadette (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Nov 6 17:09:42 2002

Strange similarity, I realize I just posted but I was reading this letter and thinking about the fact that this whole situation went down only 2 weeks after I returned to the states from a third world country. As I mentioned in the email I posted not 5 minutes ago I also had two strange and now, seemingly unrelated issues - the white count and the possible endo.

The one thing I didn't mention and was reminded of by your letter was that I have a cyst as well on my right ovary where the pain is. It has been there for 3 months now as opposed to disappearing with each cycle. My pain on that side (none on the left) does not sound any where near as severe as yours but it does occasionally double me over. It comes and goes like a needle poking my ovary but not in any particular schedule. If your doctors were anything like mine they wanted to blame it on the traveling. My entire staff at my school was convinced I had gotten something horrible in that third world country. I almost felt a "that's what you get for doing those crazy things and taking risks" type of attitude. That is all for now. Please write if you find out anything as it may shed some light on my situation as well. Hope you are feeling better! Berandette

Has anyone mentioned to you possible exposure to high levels of dioxin in that country which can bring on endo even in small amounts? I am reading and researching on it? Please let me know if you have heard anything about this possiblity.

At Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Kailing wrote: >
>I've been having some abdominal pains the last year. I'm currently
>living out of the country and while I was in the States this summer I
>stopped in to see my regular doctor. He noticed that there was some
>pain in an area when he pressed my lower abdomen and sent me for an
>ultrasound just to check before I left the country again. He also
>ordered an endoscopy and colonoscopy because I had what seemed to be
>digestion problems at the time. The tests were done in a hurry and I
>barely got the results back before I left. They found nothing really
>wrong in my stomach (I'm on prescription strength antacid and have been
>ordered to take another prescription to kill a possible parasite--which
>did not show up on any test--if my symptoms haven't gone away after two
>months), but they did find a cyst on my right ovary, where the pain had
>been. At that point the pain was gone so I didn't worry about it. Since
>then, I've been having very strong pulsing (every 30 seconds to 2
>minutes) tightness that gradually turns into sharp pain. This lasts for
>a few days and then will stop--though it is strongest during and after
>menstruation. My stomach problems have continued... Some days I can't
>eat anything because my stomach just seems so bloated and full. Then
>this results in diarrhea--once it lasted over 3 weeks. I go weeks
>sometimes with constipation and nausea after eating. Usually, whether
>it's what seems like my stomach or my lower abdomen, I'm in some kind of
>pain and it's almost never consistant. I wonder if all of this is
>connected or if it could be separate things. I understand this is
>difficult to do over internet, but being in a third world country
>anything you can tell me will be helpful.

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