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Re: Can an Abortion cause Endometriosis
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Nov 26 07:25:06 2003
Sarah,
I have never had an abortion, but my understanding of endometriosis is
that it isn't caused by the abortion, but aggrivated by the procedure. I
never had pain from my endo until I had a surgical procedure done, and
since then I have not had one day without pain. I had all the other
symptoms of endo, just no pain. When I had my surgery(lap), I was
diagnosed with stage 4 endo, so we know that it had been growing for a
long time. I just didn't have any pain until the nerves down there were
"woken up," according to my doctor. So perhaps this is what happened to
you? But there are a lot of other causes of pelvic pain, including
PID(pelvic inflamatory disease) that need to be ruled out before
endometriosis is considered as the only culprit. I wish you luck in
finding out the cause of your pain and a good treatment for it!
God Bless,
Jules
At Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Sarah wrote:
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>At Fri, 22 Aug 2003, EndoVictim wrote:
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>>Well, there is no known cause of Endometriosis.
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>>However, I believe that my endo was caused by a botched D&C - this is
>>something I have been researching and trying to prove for over a year
>>now. I had a miscarriage in March of 2001 and was told that I needed an
>>emergency D&C to clean the baby out. When the doctor performed the D&C
>>he put a hole in my uterus the size of a quarter. I believe that some
>>of the endometrial tissue was able to escape the uterus at that time.
>>Makes sense to me. But, can I prove it to a jury - absolutely not b/c
>>there is no hard evidence to support it....its just a theory!
>>
>>I know of 3 other women that did have D&C's b/c of a miscarriage or had
>>abortions that were diagnosed with Endometriosis afterwards...having no
>>prior gyn problems. Me, for example, I had never experienced a painful
>>period, PMS, or even bloating before all of this happened. But, boy do
>>I now!
>>
>>I wish you much luck in your search for answers!!
>>
>>~Susan
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>Susan,
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>I had an abortion in February this year. My periods have never been so painful since. I did not have a D&C (I had the an EMT (tablets) but I do believe this is the cause of my suspected Endometriosis. I am keeping a pain diary and am thinking of approaching my doctor about this. Have you come across anything to do with the connection of abotions and Endometriosis that applies to EMT?
>
>Sarah
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