WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for June, 2008: Re: ADHESIONS: Post period/pre ovulation pain

Re: ADHESIONS: Post period/pre ovulation pain

From: Dr. Herbert A. Goldfarb (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 5 Jun 2008 03:37:42 -0500 (CDT)

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Message posted on Dr. Herbert A. Goldfarb behalf by: Hope Waltman, Fibroid and Women’s Health Forum Moderator

Adhesions usually do not cause pain but Endometriosis does. If you are having discomfort you should have a Endovaginal ultrasound during the period of pain. If endo is present in the ovaries it will be fairly obvious.

Dr. Herbert A. Goldfarb New York Downtown Hospital, http://www.nohysterectomy.com

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At Wed, 4 Jun 2008, AEKG wrote: >
>I am 40 yrs old with a history of what was described after a lap as
>moderate to severe endo with adhesions. Fortunately, I do not have
>significant cramping or pain from my endo. I have 2 children by
>c-section in 2004 and 2006. For the past few months, I have noticed
>that about a week after my period, I get a dull, aching, fairly
>uncomfortable feeling in the area where my ovaries are (the same place
>my doc palpates during the internal exam). I presume that this week in
>my cycle is when the follicles are maturing and maybe the ovaries are
>increasing in size or swelling somewhat, but I am puzzled as to why my
>ovaries are hurting so much and I am wondering if they could be caught
>up in adhesions? I do get pretty intense sensations when I ovulate -
>kind of a build-up of pain and then a sharper pain, and then everything
>kind of goes back to "normal". I don't recall feeling this discomfort
>prior to ovulation in the past, so I'm wondering what is going on. My
>main guess is maybe adhesions are causing the problem? Would there be
>another explanation?

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