WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for May, 2009: Re: GENERAL: painful exams

Re: GENERAL: painful exams

From: Hope Waltman (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 30 May 2009 09:59:45 -0500 (CDT)

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You may want to bring this up to the doctor BEFORE your next examination. Maybe you can take a pain killer before the examination or ask for a smaller size speculum to be used, etc. If you don't tell the doctor what is going on BEFORE the examination he/she will not know it.

Also, during the exam if you feel anything let the doctor know! Sometimes it is the doctor - what I mean is I have had examinations done with different doctors and some are more gentle/do it better than others.

Best Regards, Hope Waltman, WHF Moderator http://www.doctorsinfoweb.com/doctors.htm

At Wed, 27 May 2009, Kim wrote: >
>Hi, I've searched the archives and can't find my answer exactly. From
>everything I have read, pelvic exams are not supposed to be painful.
>Here's my problem...I have never been sexually active, but have had
>several exams. I'm assuming my hymen is no longer intact, because the
>physicians I have seen assume I am sexually active. Anyway, I have been
>diagnosed via laparoscopy with endometriosis and have been told they
>think I also have adenomyosis. Pelvic exams are always painful for me
>and seem to be getting worse...even pap smears. The exam is painful
>when the insert the speculum, which I always figured is from being tense
>(no matter how hard I try, I can't relax...I really do try, though), but
>it also hurts in the pelvic area. Even the papsmear causes pelvic pain.
>After the exam, I have pretty severe cramping for the rest of the day
>and sometimes even the next day. Is this normal? Is there anything I
>can do to prevent this? I am overdue for my annual exam because I am so
>afraid of the pain. Menstrual cramps have gotten a lot worse, so I'm
>afraid of what an exam will be like.

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