Ovarian Cyst Combined With Dvt Posted: 08-02-07 04:44am
A month back my friend had a minor
accident bruised her toe and kness..nothin
much to it..it started swelling in 2 days
time..After a week the doctor said the
knee wounds infected so put her on an
antibiotic course...he changed the
antibiotic 3 times in the course of a
month..cos the swelling didnt come
down(meanwhile she was also on medication
for hormonal imbalance..once her periods
start it doesnt stop so 1 years back he
put her on estrogen and then after some
time progestrone for 3 months and then
later since nothin worked she started with
ayurvedic tablets which were helping but
she had to keep on takin it so she used to
take both the antibiotic as well as the
ayurvedic tabs) Well the wounds healed
completely but the swelling never came
down we went to the ortho hes asked for a
scan..when the scan reports came back he
asked us to consult a vascular surgeon..He
diagnosed it as extensive DVT..he told us
both both the major blood vessels had
clotted in the injured leg all the way
upto the tummy and it had spread to the
next leg as well..got her
admitted..heparin injection were
adminstered, stocking on both legs were
put and we went for a scan again the next
day...this time they found a cyst 5cm in
diameter in the ovary...The vascular
surgeon said a minor accident couldnt be
the cause for such an extensive DVT not to
the extent to reach upto the tummy and
spread...they have doubts on whether the
cause being because of all medicines shes
been taking...and how should we go about
the cyst treatment since the tablets she
on now are blood thinners...should the
cyst be treated surgically or on
medication?
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Georgia59
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Posted: 08-02-07 22:09pm
I think this is definitely a question that
none of us can really answer- sounds like
something you need to talk more with the
doctor about, or get a second opinion.