WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for December, 2001: Re: Need help with a puzzling problem

Re: Need help with a puzzling problem

From: M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 23 Dec 2001 12:22:54 -0600 (CST)

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At Fri, 21 Dec 2001, Taylor wrote: >
>Hi, I had a subtotal hyst done 1/00. I still have both ovaries and
>cervix. About a month ago, I went to the ER with increasing right lower
>abdominal pain. I was diagnosed with a 5X4 complex cyst on my right
>ovary with a small amount of free fluid in the cul de sac. I went to
>see my doc for a follow up about a week later and he did not do an U/S
>but did a pelvic and said he thought it ruptured because he did not feel
>anything that large on the ovary, and by the U/S pics done in the
>hospital he felt it looked like a hemmorhagic corpus luteum cyst. Well,
>about 3 days later I began to bleed for 2 days from my cervix, and I had
>an increasing ache all throughout my lower abdomen, so, at that point, I
>thought the cyst did rupture. Well since that day I have had bouts of
>nausea throughout the day for over 2 weeks now, and whenever anyone
>touches my cervix, I get an intense cramping pain in my lower abdomen
>that is so bad I can barely walk. Even when my doc did the pelvic,
>after I left his office the pain just increased and got worse until it
>finally subsided a few hours later. I also get a stabbing pain in my
>lower abd. on the right side from time to time. Could all of this be
>associated with the cyst? I can't stand being nauseous all day every
>day! I felt fine until 2 weeks ago and I don't think it to be a virus
>because it has persisted for so long. Can a cyst cause all of these
>symptoms? Please anyone, help!

this could be from a cyst, but since your symptoms are persisting, and in some respects worsening, you need to see your doctor again ofr reevaluation.

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

author of "Your Over-35 Week-by-Week Pregnancy Guide"

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