Re: peat Cauterization of cervix
From: Hector Nemirovsky M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 26 Aug 2003 13:53:44 -0500 (CDT)
Perhaps is hormonal related? what if you try changing BCP to Yasmin?
At Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Cris wrote:
>
>About a year ago I began bleeding very heavily everytime I had sex. My
>doctor would tell me that it was just breakthrough bleeding, but it was
>way too much blood for that. This went on for about 3 months and after
>a few pelvic exams he finally found the problem. Apparently there was a
>small non-cancerous lesion on my cervix that was really hard to see, but
>everytime something touched it, it would bleed. So he cauterized it
>with silver nitrate in the office. At this same time I was just getting
>over cryotherapy for mild dysplasia, so I thought the two were linked.
>This cauterization worked for about 7 months, since then I have had to
>have it done 3 more times. Now it's happening again. It's making me
>crazy, i don't even want to have sex for the fear of it happening again.
>I have had one full year of normal paps (last one 7/15/03), so i don't
>think dysplasia has anything to do with it. Are there any other
>options? My doc says if he surgically cuts out the lesion then there is
>a risk for scar tissue, thus painful sex. But i don't want to have to
>get cuaterized every other month either. WHAT SHOULD I DO?? Also, could
>this be a cervical ectropion? The doc didn't call it that, but after
>doing research, I feel like I have all the symptoms. This all started
>when I got on ortho-tricyclin Lo one year ago (still on it).
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Hector Nemirovsky M.D.
Fmr Head Obstetrics Division, Hospital Fernández, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Fmr Assistant Professor in Obstetrics at Medical School, Buenos Aires University, Argentina
Private Practice,
Buenos Aires,
Argentina
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