NOPE!!! Nothing can...nothing!! No diagnostic test known to man today can show an adhesion due to the density of the tissue composition of the adhesion. BUT...a bowel x-ray might show an intestine pulled out of alignment..but still a DR. is leery about giving an interpretation as to the cause of that.....please keep in mind that even though adhesion tissue does not show in a diagnostic test, something else MIGHT show up and that is very important to keep in mind.
Not all abdominal/pelvic pain is caused by adhesions, and not all adhesions cause pain!!
>----- Original Message -----
From: Natalie Shook <airportss@redshift.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS <adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2000 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: ADHESIONS AND PAIN
> Do CT scans show adhesions or not?
>> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bonnie <lady_luck43_2000@yahoo.com>
> To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS <adhesions@forum.obgyn.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2000 2:03 PM
> Subject: Re: ADHESIONS AND PAIN
>
> > At Tue, 28 Mar 2000, toni welsh wrote:
> > >
> > >At Tue, 28 Mar 2000, Helen Chalmers wrote:
> > >>
> > >>Three months ago I had a total abdominal hysterectomy, and have suffered
> > >>in severe pain ever since. Just two weeks ago my ob/gyn told me he sent
> > >>my CT scan to a different radiologist and she diagnosed it as my having
> > >>adhesions. O.K. now what? My ob/gyn told me that this would be my last
> > >>week of pain meds. Need to figure out a better way to deal with the
> > >>pain. Well, I just don't know how to deal with extreme pain. He has
> > >>referred me to a general surgeon. I am not optimistic about this,
> > >>because in reading all that I can about adhesions, it seems most general
> > >>surgeons don't understand them very well. Can anyone tell me what kind
> > >>of doctor I should see, or if anyone knows of a good surgeon who is
> > >>experienced in adhesions in the Baltimore, Maryland area. I don't think
> > >>I can live without the pain meds, which will stop next week (just
> > >>because, my doctor, thinks I need to find an alternative method then to
> > >>take them). I'd like to see him live with adhesions. Any HELP would
> > >>certainly be appreciated.
> > >
> > >Helen,
> > >
> > >You are lucky someone told you that, my drs all say that adhesions show
> > >up on NO tests. I ahve begged my gyn to do an ultrasound and CT scan
> > >and he says it will show nothing because my female organs are gone, I am
> > >planning on asking him when I take my sister Friday if he will pleas edo
> > >one, it is not going to hurt,
> > >
> > >Then my other sister said he did an ultrasound on her 3 weeks ago, and
> > >said she had some small functional cysts on her ovaries, and to take
> > >provera , and she stopped it, will not listen, and she says he did
> > >another one today, she tells alot of tales, when I had functional cysts
> > >he always told me they are nothing to worry about, it happens when women
> > >ovulate, and the eggs get stuck there each month. I wish I could talk
> > >him into doing some test for me, he keeps on saying a CT scan will not
> > >show adhesions, isn't it possible, I would rather have a negative test
> > >befor e any surgery for now!
> > >
> > >Toni
> >
> > --
> > Bonnie Truesdell
> >
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