Endometriosis and IBD

notsosicklygirl

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Posted 12/20/2011 4:09 AM (GMT 0)

I saw this article today and I found it interesting. I don't have endometriosis but I have been on birth control pills for quite a while.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-12/bmj-rdl121611.php

quincy

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Posted 12/20/2011 6:02 AM (GMT 0)

I had/have....doesn't always go away with a hysterectomy if it's not isolated to the reproductive parts, just doesn't "grow" without the continued ups and downs of hormones.

Maybe there's a higher incidence of something in Denmark compared to other places...wonder what sparked the "study"...

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EAcarol

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Posted 12/20/2011 5:30 PM (GMT 0)

Women with endometriosis are at a higher risk for UC and other bowel issues. Here is info from NIH:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_119885.html

Hoshi~

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Posted 12/20/2011 6:33 PM (GMT 0)

This is *really* interesting because I had always thought I must have endometriosis since my periods were so bad and painful. I had an ultrasound done a number of years ago which didn't find anything but I've since read that an ultrasound alone can't rule it out.

The UC cramps that started a few months ago feel exactly like menstrual cramps (or maybe menstrual cramps feel just like UC cramps) so maybe I watch too many House reruns but it feels like there must be a connection.

mom2panda

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Posted 12/20/2011 7:28 PM (GMT 0)

huh....I had endo and had 2 surgeries for it about 12-14 years before dx'd with UC. Very interesting.

notsosicklygirl

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Posted 12/20/2011 8:08 PM (GMT 0)

mom2panda, of course I am going to think I have endo now too. I have always had some symptoms that would make me wonder but I too had an ultrasound that found no evidence.

mom2panda

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Posted 12/20/2011 9:32 PM (GMT 0)

notsosickly - ultrasound doesn't show it. I had two lapro surgeries to have a look. First one was a poor surgeon who, when I went back to her still in pain, told me that it was all in my head. She only spent 1/2 hour looking around

2nd surgeon was fantastic! Spent 2 hours and got it all. Never had a problem since. I do still have heavy periods, but not the pain I had when my uterus was adhered to my bladder by the endo!

It is worth having the surgery. It is only a day surgery and recovery is only about a week or less.

Carlie

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Posted 12/21/2011 12:50 PM (GMT 0)

I only had a vaginal sonogram and they found mine, they also found adenomyosis (sp) uterine fibroids and ovarian cysts-
I had no other tests

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Posted 12/21/2011 2:08 PM (GMT 0)

I too saw this article and was interested since I have had both Endometriosis and infertility...nobody in my family has UC or Crohn's.

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