WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for March, 2001: Re: ctocele & Hemorrhoids..help!!

Re: ctocele & Hemorrhoids..help!!

From: M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 23 Mar 2001 23:37:52 -0600 (CST)

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At Fri, 23 Mar 2001, bella wrote: >
>I had a vaginal hyst and bladder repair in January, and was told my
>rectocele was also being repaired at the same time. To my surprise, it
>became evident it wasn't, when my movements began getting trapped in the
>pocket again, and now I have very painful, burning internal hemorrhoids.
>I have read many posts to push
>gently on the back vaginal wall, but that doesn't work for me, the
>pocket seems to be more upwards than on the vaginal wall. It is so
>uncomfortable, feeling that I always have to void, and if I leave the
>fecal matter there, it burns. So I lubricate my finger and gently
>remove it. This is happening each time now, and was told by my gp it
>would be a different doctor to see for each problem. My question is
>what to have fixed first. It's like the egg and the chicken. If I have
>the rectocele fixed, the hemorrhoids might clear up on their own.
>Would like your opinion on this, and my gp is setting up an appointment
>with a general surgeon to have a consultation about my hemorrhoids.
>
>In pain and confused!!
>Thanks for your advise.

I suggest you see a gyn who specializes in pelvic reconstruction (sometimes called a urogynecologist)

-- M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG South Lake Tahoe, CA

author, Your Over-35 Week-by-Week Pregnancy Guide

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