WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for April, 1997: Re: no periods but having pelvic infections

Re: no periods but having pelvic infections

From: Don Shuwarger, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 28 Apr 1997 19:57:32 -0500 (CDT)

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At Mon, 28 Apr 1997, Ann wrote: >
>A friend of mine has not been having her period. She has had several
>pregnancy tets which have all been negative. About 2 1/2 years ago she
>started having pelvic infections. Her doctors have been unable to
>detect why she is getting them. They have run several tests and
>everything comes back negative. She found out last December that she
>has leishens (Please pardon the spelling)of the cervix. She is 23 and
>has a 4 year old son. She is also hypogylcemic. Recently she started
>ahving really bad cramps without having a period. An ultrasound was
>done but nothing was found by her doctor. She has no feeling in her
>breasts, but every once in a whilke she has sharp pains in them. She
>has been on the Pill for 11 years. During the week of April 16 - 18 she
>had a slight period that was extremely light and only lasted 3 days. Her
>doctors have given up trying to find out what could be wrong with her.
>They told her to live with it because it is part of life.
>My question is can anyone give me some ideas about what could be wrong
>with her or where to look for more ideas? I have looked through the
>archives and found very little to help her.
>
>Thanks,
>Ann M. Campbell

Ann,

A couple of comments about your "friend". First, it is not at all uncommon to have little or no period when one is on an oral contraceptive for a long time. This is not a sign that anything is wrong or that changes in pill brand is needed.

About these recurrent pelvic "infections". Sounds like a laparoscopy will help to distinguish between the syptoms and signs of infection and the actual diagnosis, which might really be infection or could be endometriosis, adhesions or another obscure problem like internal hernia, Meckel's diverticulum or other bowel disease.

Good luck to "her".

--
Don Shuwarger, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.
obdoc@inmind.com

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