At Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Helen Dynda wrote:
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>I have replied within your message.
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>At Wed, 29 Jan 2003, winged phantom wrote:
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>HD> You said you had "some cysts on my ovaries in the past..." When
>cysts rupture, there is no way for this fluid to leave the body. When
>this happens the human body recognizes this fluid (from cysts) as being
>foreign--and sends out it "army" to encapsulate this fluid--and this
>will cause adhesions to form.
WR- Do you know if this is just for "cysts" that are over 2mm? Or is
this happening every time a woman ovulates from a normal follicle?
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>HD> Any trauma to the abdominopelvic cavity--such as a seat-belt injury
>or other kind of blow to that area--is a known cause of adhesions.
WR-I do remember getting hit very hard in the abdomen by a buoy in the water about 7 years ago (it was a bit wavy, and I swam over it, then when the water went down, it hit me hard!)
>HD> An unrecognized infection - such as pelvic inflammatory disease
>(PID) is a cause of adhesions.
WR- IF I ever had this, then it was "silent"
>HD> I'm not a medical professional; but I believe there are diagnostic
>tests that can be done to find out if you have cancer. There are NO
>diagnostic tests--except a diagnostic laparoscopy--that can diagnose
>either adhesions or endometriosis; and a diagnostic laparoscopy is also
>a surgical procedure--which could cause additional adhesions.....Unless
>you chose a surgeon, who is having some success with adhesiolysis
>procedures. There may be many surgeons in the United States, who are
>having some success with adhesiolysis procedures; but I only know of 5
>in the United States and 2 in Germany.
WR- I don't know of tests to detect tubal malignancies; I've never read
about them, and I know even the CA-125 is woefully inadequate, as far as
that is concerned. A friend of mine had ovarian cancer, and her CA-125
was still normal (in the midrange, even). I thought I read somewhere
that adhesions could be seen on a CAT scan, but I know they did not
report them (whether they saw them or not) when I had one done. Is that
true? Who are the 5 US doctors who are having some success, and where
are they located?
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>HD> THERE ARE NO SURGEONS IN THE ENTIRE WORLD, WHO CAN GUARANTEE THAT
>ADHESIONS WILL NOT FORM!! The human body is in charge of the healing
>that occurs; and research continues to search for the magic formula that
>will surpass the defenses of the human body.
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>HD> SprayGel is showing great promises; but SprayGel is available only
>for participants of the clinical trials that are taking place in the
>United States. The European Union approved SprayGel in November 2001;
>and that is one of the reasons some adhesion-sufferers have gone (or are
>going) to Germany for surgery.
WR- When I read the quilt, I noticed that there were no "patches" from
Europeans. Didn't I also read here that Australia had the SprayGel,
too? But all of the "patches" from Australians were as full of misery as
from the US. Or is it very new there?
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Thank you so much for your responses... wr