:?: can a pap smear determine if someone
has endometiosis?
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snowball
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 Dec 2004 Posts: 159 Location: North Bay,Ontario,Canada
Posted: 12-31-04 00:14am
No, I don't think so. I have
endometriosis I had heavey bleeding and I
had a lot of pain do you have these
symptoms?
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akshiningstar
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 27 Dec 2004 Posts: 2 Location: Houston
? Posted: 12-31-04 23:06pm
Not sure...
I had problems oct. 2000, when I was
17.
At first the doctors thought it was
appendicitis and while removing my
appendix they found dense chronic
adhesions encasing my appendix, colon,
bowels, etc. They closed me back up and
sent me home. A few days later I had the
same horrible sharp pains and went back to
the emergency room, where the doctors
performed an exploratory surgery and
discovered the adhesions had caused a
blockage in my intestines (most likely
causing the pains). But the doctors were
totally at a loss to explain where the
adhesions came from.
My mom remembered taking me into the
emergency room when I was about 5 and the
doctors then thought I had a kidney stone
-- but it was gone the next day. The
doctors in 2000 determined that (since
kidney stones are so rare in children and
appendicitis is not) my appendix prolly
ripped a little then and the antibiotics
healed me, but the fluid from inside my
appendix kept seeping out over the years
-- causing the adhesions.
However it took them months to come to
this conclusion...And I quote directly
from the operation report) "this is the
best explanation I have for the extensive
adhesions which I found." -- which lead
me to believe that they still may not know
what really caused them...
At one point they were worried thinking I
might have endometriosis.
And i've had some tests done since, but
because they kinda moved away from the
endometriosis, never really worried about
that too much.
I was just curious, because i'm still not
totally at ease w/their response, if i've
been having normal yearly checkups, but
noting too extensive, but my mom thought,
that if it was endometriosis it would show
up in a normal pap smear... I was just
wondering if that is correct?
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luci2
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Jun 2005 Posts: 1
Endometriosis Posted: 06-09-05 16:18pm
Hi there akmorningstar:
just saw your post (december), so this may
be late reaching you. I had
endometriosis in 1979.....The only way to
really determine if you have it is to have
a laproscopy. This is where the surgeon
inserts a scope (with camera) and looks
into your pelvis. The incision is
created at your belly button. They
insert "gas" so your organs float and they
can then take pictures and have an
experienced doctor determine if he can see
the "implants" of endometrial tissue. I
had the hysterectomy in 1979 (asked them
to leave 1 ovary due to my young age).
Then had to go in again in 1981 to have
the last ovary taken out as the
endometriosis was still growing. (it
feeds on estrogen). Then in 1991 had to
have emergency surgery due to adhesions
and bowel blockage, caused by the
surgeries. Anyway, I feel wonderful now
and I would definitely go to an
experienced surgeon for the laproscopy as
that is the only way to tell if you have
it. Some women experience a lot of pain
while others do not. A pap test
definitely can not tell the doctor if you
have it. Believe me! I was treated for
"infections" by my gyn until I went to a
specialist.
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