WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for July, 2000: Re: Postpartum complications

Re: Postpartum complications

From: William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 24 Jul 2000 08:21:00 -0500 (CDT)

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At Sun, 23 Jul 2000, Becca wrote: >
>My sister-in-law gave birth in January. During delivery her placenta
>only partially separated. She lost 40% of her blood and the doctors
>feared she would not survive. She did, but over the following two weeks
>she had to be rushed to the hospital twice for emergency transfusions
>due to massive hemorrhaging. Since this time she can not eat anything
>but crackers and tea. Everything else she throws up. If she does not
>eat then she has dry heaves. Since January she has lost 100 pounds and
>is now extremely weak. Her doctor dismissed it as the flu for the first
>month and a half, but then admitted he did not know what was wrong with
>her. She has been to numerous specialists, but the closest anyone has
>come to figuring out what is wrong with her was a doctor who said she
>had the classic symptoms for adrenal gland failure but the test came
>back negative. We even tried to get her into the Mayo clinic but were
>told that they could get her in on an emergency basis in eight weeks.
>She does not have eight weeks.
>
>Has anyone heard of this before???

Becca

The only other thing I can think of is thyroid gland dysfunction. Hope this helps.

--
William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG
Editorial Advisor-Pregnancy and Birth
Private Practice
New Orleans, La.

*Please understand I can not respond to private emails.

*These comments are for educational purposes only.  They are
not meant to take the place of an examination by a qualified
health care provider.  They are not intended to be the start
of a physician-patient relationship.

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