WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for July, 2000: Re: Gynelogical Problem?

Re: Gynelogical Problem?

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Tue, 18 Jul 2000 13:26:29 -0500 (CDT)

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At Mon, 17 Jul 2000, Meg wrote: >
>Hi,
>
>I have a question regarding pain near the abdominal area. For me it's
>on the lower left part of my left abdominal area. I've had this pain
>for three years, it was preceded by a very painful urinary track
>infection.
>
>I had an ultrasound in that area, and I was told it looked normal. I
>went to a gastroenteroligist and he simply said, I don't know. My
>question is, is there any other possible gynecological problems that
>this might me? I'm not sure where to look to research this.
>
>What's making me wonder more, is that a few days before my period, I get
>a fever, maybe 99 or 100 and it is coupled with heightened pain in the
>lower left abdominal area. An internist today reminded me that a fever
>general means infection, though I have mentioned this before to other
>doctors, it didn't seem to register a problem to anyone and I never
>thought it wasn't normal. Perhaps it is.
>
>But I am curious to know if there is anything else to think of, as I can
>bring it up to my gynecologist. I feel really left in the dust with
>this pain.
>
>Thank you for any help in this area,
>
>--
>Meg
>

I do think that this is something that you need to discuss with your gynecologist, though it is not clear to me just what is going on. The medical community generally does not regard an elevated temp to be a fever until it is 100.4 or higher on an oral thermometer.

--
William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG
Clarksville, TN

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