YOUNG-WOMEN Messages for August, 2003: Re: Abnormaly Painful periods

Re: Abnormaly Painful periods

From: Anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 26 Aug 2003 12:27:38 -0500 (CDT)

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Dia,

Not a doc but your Mother is absolutely correct, the only way to diagnose endomtetriosis is by laproscopy. Do you have painful periods every month or was it just this month? Sometimes docs will put a woman on continuous birth control to try to control the endo (take the active pills for 3 cycles and then have a period). You don't mention if your doctor is a gynecologist or not but your doc is definitely not taking your pain seriously, I would find another doctor if I were you and I would make sure it is a gyn. Also, it is common for ER docs not to diagnose gynecological problems, they mostly treat symptoms. Hope this helps, you might want to check out the endometriosis forum also. Good Luck!

At Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Dia wrote: >
>Endrometreosis runs in my family and I have the same pain my mom had
>when she was my age and she had endrometreosis until she had surgery and
>a historectomy. My problem is my last menstrual period I had a lot of
>pressure in my uterus and it felt like some one was taking a spoon and
>scooping the sides of my uterus. This was accompanied by vomiting and
>several severe hot flashes(I'm only 19). I also was bleeding very
>lightly and it was of a light pink color. All of these are unusual for
>me I normally bleed heavy and a dark color. All of this resulted in
>going to the ER and getting a pain shot. The doctors didn't examine me
>or even treat me what so ever so I dont know if that was a miscarriage
>or a sign of endrometreosis. Which I was informed by my doctor that
>during my pap smear he had tested me for endrometreosis; My mom informed
>me that you wouldnt be able to tell if I had this unless they manually
>went in and did exploration. So I cant get trustworthy help for this
>from my doctor so I am in desperate need of help about this.Thank you
>for any help!

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