Re: ULTRASOUND: Doctor Refuses Transvaginal Ultrasound for Virgin(?)
From: T. Lyons MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 5 Apr 2008 18:53:02 -0500 (CDT)
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Health Forum Moderator
In the vast majority of cases transvaginal ultrasound is no problem
for women who are virginal. Rarely, this may be difficult however. I
fail to see the need for refusal to do this and I have no idea why a
doc would not want to try and get this information.
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At Thu, 3 Apr 2008, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>
>Hi!
>
>She's had the regular exam but they couldn't find anything. We are also
>big girls so they might not have been able to really feel around as
>well.
>
>When I first had pelvic pain, they found nothing with the emergency room
>exam. Didn't find anything at my first gyno exam with my doctor either.
>That's when my doctor suggested an ultrasound, which they did. And then
>they did a CT scan which showed everything.
>
>Not sure why her doctor hasn't recommended a CT scan. It's like they've
>pretty much just dismissed her. I've suggested that she come back to
>Georgia for an exam.
>
>Thanks!
>
>At Thu, 3 Apr 2008, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>>
>>Did a regular ultrasound reveal anything ? I would think if she is
>>having pain, and no one knows what the cause is, then this would be
>>indicated.
>>Has anyone been able to do a pelvic exam, either a bimanul, or with a
>>small speculum.
>>
>>At Thu, 3 Apr 2008, ladibug wrote:
>>>
>>>My sister has been having pelvic pain off and on for several years. When
>>>she was in high school, she had a small cyst that ruptured and she was
>>>put on birth control pills. She has since moved to central Florida. In
>>>the past 6 months she'd been having pain enough where the doctor
>>>recommended a transvaginal ultrasound, until he found out she's a
>>>virgin. She is in her late 20s and at least two doctors still will not
>>>do it, even when told that I had an ovary removed due to a large dermoid
>>>cyst. I had put off going to the Ob/gyn for years until I started
>>>having severe pain. But my doctor in Georgia had no qualms about doing
>>>an ultrasound on me even though I was a virgin too. In fact, I think my
>>>doctor broke my hymen while using a full size speculum because I had a
>>>sharp pain when he opened it and was bleeding afterwards. But I'm fine
>>>with that because no more cyst, no more pain.
>>>
>>>Is it common for a doctor to refuse to do transvaginal ultrasounds on
>>>virgins? I can partly understand refusal for young girls, but for a
>>>woman almost 30 years old? Especially a patient who has a family history
>>>of gynecological issues? Is there a way to make them do it?
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance for your responses!
>>>
>>>--
>>>ladibug
>>>
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