Mrs. D,
I agree, the studies have been limited to the female male organs mainly. I had a ovarian cyst rupture when I was 32 and the remainder of the tube and ovary had to be removed, then had a total at 39. Fibroids, endometriosis, and cysts.
For quite a while now I have wondered if the DES has not perhaps contributed to my endocrine melt-down and some of my other problems. Hopefully with all of the info I have prepared for the docs at Mayo it may help with a more rapid diagnosis. They compare DES to the other drug that they gave to women when all those children were born with gross deformities. How sad that they used woman and unborn babies to experiment on.
It is so good to be able to bounce things of people who have all different kinds of ailments and do their research. Unfortunate that anyone on the site has to have any ailments, but what a better way to put all of the knowledge to good use.
Such big hugs to you,
Judy
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Originally Posted by mrsd
DES women. Both had reproductive damage and could not have children.
DES typically leads to early cancer, and non functioning or malformed
genitalia.
In males the damage was visible as a rule. In females it can be hidden, and
only found after puberty and/or with examinations.
from http://ic.ucsc.edu/~flegal/etox80e/S...s/hormone.html
I think DES has only been studied on the reproductive system of those
borne to mothers who were given DES. |