Re: How long can it take for a hemorrhagic cyst to resolve and quit being painful?
From: Alicia M. Lapidus M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 12 Sep 2002 20:15:46 -0500 (CDT)
If a cyst remains more than 3 cycles and is septated, endo and other
pathology has to be ruled out and only a lapàroscopy will.
At Thu, 12 Sep 2002, Annie wrote:
>
>I am not quite sure what type of cyst I have, but Dr.Braun suggested in
>my earlier post that it may be hemorrhagic, but my ultrasound reading
>states that it is complex with multiple septations, and also debris or
>blood in the cu;-de-sac (about 20 cc). I have been having pain in my
>left side (same side at cyst measuring 3.8x2.7x3.2 cm) for over 3 weeks,
>the past 8 days it has been bad enough that I need to be taking the
>Tylenol 3 that the doctor prescribed for me, 2 pills 3x's/day, and it
>doesnt help much at that. The advice nurse at my doctors office
>suggested last week that the pain is probably because my cyst is
>resolving, and that I should feel better in a day or two. Well, here I
>am 8 days later with worsening pain. My doctors office is telling me
>that everything is normal and ok, and that its going to hurt. I also
>have a evelvated temp for 2 weeks, 99.1-100.2 daily. I went in on
>Monday for the pain, and the doctor just patted me on the back, sent me
>home with pain meds, and told me I would be fine. I have had 2
>pregnancies, one live birth 5/95, and one miscarriage at 11 weeks on
>8/1/02. I do not have family hisotry information,my mother is adopted,
>but she has had cysts removed. Can you please advise me as to when I
>should be feeling better or calling the doctors office again to report
>the pain? I feel like I should not be sitting by in pain for this long
>without my doctors office being more proactive about the whole
>situation. Can you please help??
>
>Thank you kindly,
>Annie W.
>
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>annie_01976@yahoo.com
>
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Alicia M. Lapidus M.D.
Chief of Staff Obstetrics, Hospital Fernández
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Barcelo University
Vicepresident of Argentine Society of Hypertension in Pregnancy
Director Latina Obgyn.net- http\latina.obgyn.net\espanol
Buenos Aires
Argentina
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