Posts Tagged ‘ovarian cysts’


Too many ailments to be unrelated… any suggestions?

Anyone: I am getting really frustrated with diagnosis after diagnosis without an answer to my real question: why? I have been diagnosed with the following (and take the following medications accordingly): -celiac disease -complex ovarian cysts (Yasmin) -asthma (Advair) -episodes of sinus tachycardia (Metoprolol) I am an otherwise healthy 23 year old female who follows [...]

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Advice on possible ovarian cysts?

Is it possible to have ovarian cysts if you have had a blood test for your hormones and it came back normal? I ask, as i suffer from very irregular periods (3 motnhs late at the moment), have gained weight around my mid section (i am not pregnant) and have a dull ache around my [...]

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why are my boobs growing? serious question.?

i know i asked this the other night, but didn’t get any good responses. if you have any idea, please help. I am 27 years old and am NOT pregnant.(yes i have done pregnancy tests which came out negative and still getting periods) just in the last almost months my chest has gone from a [...]

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He thinks it’s him… but I know it’s me :(?

We’ve been ttc for 6 months… I haven’t had a period for 3. He thinks its his little men with "problems" as well as my messed up hormones (which the doctor won’t treat… he put me on the pill a couple of months ago before I start fertility treatment to regulate my hormones a bit, [...]

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Ovarian cysts, or women with PCOS? Anyone with advice?

Hi ladies I’m wondering if I possibly have ovarian cysts/PCOS. My periods are typically pretty regular, they just vary by a couple days each month. Normally it’s either every 24, 26, or 28 days. I would say every now and then I have an off cycle, maybe 3-4 times a year, where I have a [...]

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My period is almost a week late?

No, I am not pregnant. Usually I get my period around the 20th of every month. I have had my period since I was 11, six years now, and it has always been regular and consistent (give or take a couple of days). For the past few months, I have been having really bad cramps [...]

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My mother is having stabbing pains in the left side of her chest?

My mom has been waking up around 3 in the morning with stabbing pains in the left side of her chest- this morning the pain was so great that she called her sister to take her to the ER. She was there for around 5 hours, they did some blood work, a CAT scan, an [...]

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Stomach pain, anyone have an idea?

Ok, first of all I have seen doctors about this, and they are baffled, so I decided to ask and see if anyone had anything similar. This is kinda long too. It started about a year ago, I was getting really sharp pains in my stomach, its always in the same spot, about 4 inches [...]

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Trying to get back on board the fitness train, where do I start?

Okay, this time last year I was an avid dieter and was in the gym everyday on my lunch break and felt great. Last Fall I became sick with ovarian cysts so needless to say, I was no longer working out and fell into this cycle where I felt crappy about not exercising and threw [...]

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Birth control & ovarian cysts?

I was wondering whether one can still ovulate and have ovarian cysts form on your ovaries when using birth control pills? I have heard that certain low dose birth control pills can make you ovulate and can still make cysts form. I’m on the pill to prevent cysts and endometriosis but have had this pain [...]

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rapid unexpliained weight gain-distended abdomen?

I’m turning 20 in a few days, and since I was 16 i’ve weighed right around 103. In the last 4 months ive gained 20 + pounds with no change in lifestyle. None of the weight has gone anywhere but my abdomen. It doesnt feel like fat deposits, my abdomen, all the way down to [...]

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gaining weight with birth control?

i started birth control, and its really bothering me alot, ever since ive taken it, ive changed alot…im not myself, its been about 5 months or so since ive been on it, its making everything about me different. heres why: back in november/dec. 2007, i weighed about 135. for my body structure and height, thats [...]

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Is it abnormal to have ovarian cysts if you’re on birth control?

I am eighteen, and have been on birth control for nearly four years, but I was diagnosed with ovarian cysts today. Is this normal? I thought birth control made (harmless) ovarian cysts nearly impossible due to the lack of ovulation. Does this mean the cysts are something worse?

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Can Ovarian Cysts be dangerous?

For the last 7 years I have had problems with Ovarian Cysts on my right ovary. I have multiple other symptoms as well such as dandruff, hair loss, weight gain in the abdomen, depression, insomnia, hot flashes, spotting after orgasm/intercourse/exercise, extreme thirst and urination, and dark patches on my knees, ankles, and wrists. I had [...]

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Are hormone residues in meat and milk causing human reproductive health problems in the U.S.?

There seems to be an increase of ovarian cysts in women in the last 20 years, which is about 10 years after recombinant bovine somatotropin (rBST), recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH), or artificial growth hormone, a.k.a. Posilac was first introduced. I’ve been around for quite a few years and rarely heard of women having ovarian [...]

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