WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for November, 1999: Re: abdominal pain

Re: abdominal pain

From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 9 Nov 1999 20:13:22 -0600 (CST)

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At Tue, 9 Nov 1999, donna wrote: >
>For over a year i have had left lower pain in the area of my ovary. I
>had an ectopic pregnancy in 93 they removed the pregnancy. One year ago
>i was diagnosed with dysplasia and they took a biopsy and i have waited
>a year because they told me to wait and see if the biopsy got it all.
>The pain is in my left lower side and in my lower back and its a dull
>pain till my menstrual cycle then the pain is so severe it hurts to
>move. They have tried everything including having me on 3 months of
>continuous BC pills to stop me from menstruating. Well the pain
>subsided to a dull ache now im menstruating again and i am bleeding 2
>weeks or more at a time and the pain is unbearble and i have loss of
>appetite, weight loss and fatigue and the pain has continued to my legs
>as if my bones were aching. I am at a loss here they keep telling me
>its mestruation pain but its continuous now not just once a month. I
>have another appointment this week when are they going to figure out
>whats wrong? is there anything specific we should be looking for? Please
>Help
> thank you
> Donna M. Fowler
> Pennsylvania

Endometriosis is a possibility. Sonogram and/or laparoscopy would be very helpful iin the diagnosis. Others would recommend GnRH agonists, such as Lupron, to mimic menopause and see if the pain leaves. If it does, it should be endometriosis, if not, it isn't.

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Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG, FACS
Great Neck, New York

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