WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for January, 2000: Re: adhesions

Re: adhesions

From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 29 Jan 2000 20:04:42 -0600 (CST)

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At Sat, 29 Jan 2000, Lisa wrote: >
>Hello!! I have a hystery of chronic abdominal adhesions, and have had 9
>surgeries for rup/ovarian/cysts..adhesions, and the last one a complete
>hyst. I am 32, and the adhesions are back. I can deal w/the minor
>pain..it's the tearing that i am starting to worry about. The last
>surgery,before doing the hyst, they had to remove scar tissue from my
>colon and stomache...this is what worries me. What to do if my insides
>are getting to gumped up again to function normally, and what else is
>there to do besides surgery?

Some have tried alternative therapies including massage therapy, acupuncture, biofeedback and hypnosis.

>Also, my lower back is killing me...do
>adhesions adhere to back muscles?

Adehesions are in the abdomen, back muscles are outside the abdomen, so the answer is no. If adhesions bother you enough and your posture is affected, your back will also be affected.

>would appreciate some advice...lisa

Good luck and feel better.

--
Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York

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