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Re: Fatigue, fibroids, and endoFrom: J.Glenn Bradley MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)Thu, 9 Jul 1998 20:25:11 -0500 (CDT)
At Thu, 9 Jul 1998, Angela wrote: > >Hello, everyone. I've been corresponding with someone on another list >who, like me, had fibroids and presumed endo. (She recently had a >hysterectomy, a decision I have been struggling with for many months.) > >She mentioned that one of the things that swayed her was the notion that >fibroids, being highly vascular, gobble up a lot of nutrients from your >blood and thereby contribute to fatigue. This is an appealing concept, >as I've had terrible problems with fatigue for maybe a year now. > >What do the doctors and others here think about this idea? Does it make >sense? Or is it possible that endometriosis contributes equally, or >more, than fibroids to the fatigue problem? (Or none of the above?) > >Thanks for your thoughts, > >Angela Angela: fatigue can be caused by many disorders. With respect to fibroids, the only real relationship would be anemia from excessive menstrual flow. Endometriosis is not usually associated with fatigue unless the pain is so troublesome that the patient is suffering for chronic sleep deprivation. Dr.B
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