WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for March, 2003: Re: luteal phase/gas pains -- is this a symptom of something?!?!

Re: luteal phase/gas pains -- is this a symptom of something?!?!

From: Asem (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 31 Mar 2003 01:09:02 -0600 (CST)

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In reply to: cathy:-: "luteal phase/gas pains -- is this a symptom of something?!?!"

At Mon, 31 Mar 2003, cathy:- wrote: >
>About 6 months ago I started getting terrible gas pains. At first I
>thought I was having a heart attack, but I have no shortness of breath
>and the pain goes away if I get upright and let out a couple of good
>belches. (Sorry, TMI :-). The pain is usually centered either on the
>left side under my shoulder blade, or on the right above my breast
>radiating into my armpit.
>
>For the last 3 months I have been keeping meticulous records of
>everything I've eaten trying to figure out what food is doing this to
>me. But every food I've eaten before these attacks I've eaten at other
>times without an attack. I just realized though what is the thread that
>links all of the attacks. They start each month at the same time I
>start mittelschmertz, and last 2-1/2 weeks until my period starts
>tapering off.
>
>This is so utterly STRANGE!!! Is gas like this a symptom of some
>gynecologic thing? Should I be worried about this? (I'm 40, still
>ovulating quite regularly although my periods are getting a bit heavier
>and the mittelschmertz a bit worse. I had one c-section and have pelvic
>adhesions, so I have lots of abdominal discomfort in general, too.)

It sounds as a kind of normal symptom with the luteal phase,however consult your gynecologist to rule out mild endometriosis. >
>--
>cathy :-)
>

--
Dr:Asem Moussa MD
Prof.of OB/GYN.
Alazhar School of Medicine.
Cairo-Egypt
This is for teaching purpose

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