Can adhesions form after a year?
From: International Adhesions Society (tracy.joslin@adhesions.org)
Sat Dec 13 17:27:35 2003
From: adhesions@adhesions.org [mailto:adhesions@adhesions.org]On
Behalf Of K Nygren
Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 1:02 PM
Subject: Re: Can adhesions form after a year?
Hi!
Adhesions begin forming during surgery and stop forming after a
week or two. The only thing that occurs then is that they strengthen
and tighten and begin to pull over time. People have been known to
have had appendectomies as children and not have pain or other symptoms
until 20 - 30 years later. Remember, almost everyone forms adhesions,
but not everyone has problems with them. Each person is different in
their adhesion pain....I usually develop mine immediately, while
others may have a brief relief from their pain...my friend would
be free of pain for up to 2 years after surgery so once she hit that
magical two year number (after a quality adhesiolysis), she knew that
she was free of her adhesions. But, adhesions do not continue to
form over the years...unless you have blunt force trauma to the abdomen
(as in a car accident....seatbelts are a well-known cause of adhesions)
or an abdominal infection. Our adhesion pain comes from the adhesions
tightening up and pulling the affected parts which could be on totally
opposite sides of the abdomen. Don't worry, you aren't the first to
think that adhesions continue to form. Take the time to research
this site, read the archives, etc. There is so much information
out there to learn.
Karla
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