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Re: A question

From: M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 13 Apr 2001 22:52:09 -0500 (CDT)


At Fri, 13 Apr 2001, R. Colburn wrote: >
>Hello,
>I don't know if you answer questions this way or not.
>My daughter, 29, is in Amsterdam going to art school on scholarship and she is having trouble getting referred to a woman doctor. Her symptoms of pain in her ovaries, mood-swings and spotting one week after her period were dismissed by the doctor she saw and was told to take birth control pills.
>Is this a reasonable way to treat something like this?

yes, if there is no evidence of anything wrong (no ovarian cyst, no infection)

Since she sees a doctor connected to the school, she can't seem to get any better help. >Thanks for any help you can suggest.
>Ruth Colburn
>rcolburn@mail.cvn.net

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