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Re: ??? results
From: Claudia Twisdale RN (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 22 Jun 2000 11:17:25 -0500 (CDT)
Geez and I thought I had a wild health history! LOL! DHEA textbook
definition from Taber's Med Dictionary (a gold standard reference for
medical people like me who can not remember everything!) " The most
abundant steroid found in the human body. Produced by adrenal glands
and converted to progesterone, testosterone or estrogens, adequate
levels assure normal hormone response of body" depending on what test
was used, hum... what I read is normal levels for premenopausal female
are 2.0 to 15. I am sure the docs here can tell you more, but sounds
like a basic hormone problem here. Have you been to an
endrocrinologist?
At Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Jeanne wrote:
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>Hi - I've just found this site, and hope it can help me! Had
>endometriosis for years, but got pregnant 15 yrs ago - no probs. Second
>pregnancy - discovered I was pregnant in ER, having surgery for
>appendicitis! Three months later - discovered it was twins! Lots of pain
>- thought it was from adhesions, but was actually a dermoid cyst, which
>by the time it was discovered had ruptured. Uterus was held out of me
>by 3 people while my insides were cleaned up, 1 ovary was taken, and
>twins put back in. They were then born vaginally, at 28 wks while I was
>in ICU on a respirator (they are now 12 and fine, thank God!).
>
>This is when all my problems started. Endometriosis turned into
>adenomyosis. Heavy periods with pain, every 26 days, lasting 2 weeks!
>Acne, hirsutism, weight gain, migraines about 12/month, and other
>symptoms that make me think I have PCOS, but all tests come back normal
>except for DHEA Sulfate, which came back at 2.2, which I understand is a
>high level. This level doesn't seem to correspond to what anyone else
>has described. My dr said he'd need to read up on what it means.
>
>I've been on all kinds of meds for headaches, and recently for
>depression, which came out of the blue! Just stopped atenolol for
>migraines, take magnesium, celexa, wellbutrin, minocycline, as well as
>fioricet, imitrex, ponstel, Tylenol 3, and other stuff for headaches and
>periods. Any ideas where I should go from here? What does the high DHEA
>level mean?
>
>Thanks for reading on - it's been a pretty incredible 12 years - and I'd
>like to figure out if all I'm going through is somehow related. Jeanne
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