WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for September, 1998: Re: Abdominal or Pelvic Pain?

Re: Abdominal or Pelvic Pain?

From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 27 Sep 1998 19:01:16 -0500 (CDT)

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At Sat, 26 Sep 1998, Jean wrote: >
>I am 57 and on ERT (Premphase) for about 5 years. I have been
>experiencing increasingly painful abdominal or pelvic pain - from the
>just under the breastbone all the way to the top of my pelvic bone.
>Everything I read suggests that woman my age do not get endometriosis so
>I don't know what to suspect, nor even how to describe it well, except
>it hurts. It is not cramps or gas. Neither GASX or Mylanta helped at
>all! It is sharp, and steady and will sometimes wake me up at night.
>While it is going on it hurts to lay on my stomach. It usually occurs
>about 7 days into the blue pill (progesterone) phase of the ERT and
>lasts for a day or so. Is is related? This month it was so painful I
>could hardly stand straight. Any suggestions?

Minor point - since you are taking Provera for part of the month, you're on HRT.

Now to your question. this is a new one on me. I'd suggest an appropriate workup including a pelvic and abdominal sonogram as well as a thorough workup from your internist/gastroenterologist. I have nothing specific in mind and this may very well be an idiosyncratic reaction (just you and not in the general public) with the changing parts of the HRT dosing.

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Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
OBGYN.net U.S. Representative, New York
Great Neck, New York
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