tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4985693736373223221.post1048778997614532715..comments2023-10-01T03:39:30.695-07:00Comments on Birth at Home in Arizona: Arizona Birth News: Further Details on Maternal/Child DeathUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4985693736373223221.post-88190958938232695472009-05-31T15:15:05.206-07:002009-05-31T15:15:05.206-07:00This could also be a comment on the practice of ma...This could also be a comment on the practice of many MD's to not give serious attention to womens' complaints; dismissing a report of "pain," or "discomfort," with a diagnosis of "gas" or attribute it to the normal "agony" of pregnancy-especially as many have no personal experience with it. I remember a doctor who examined me during a pregnancy where there was an orange-sized ovarian cyst, that really hurt during his pelvic exam. When I cried out, he said, "it's your fourth child, you should be used to pain." <br /><br />Statistically women complain less than men, and doctors give less credence to their complaints.<br /><br />There are more and more empathetic doctors, just takes effort to find them.<br /><br />TerryGrandma Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02526069890706301112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4985693736373223221.post-39584673392779472102009-05-29T17:23:25.148-07:002009-05-29T17:23:25.148-07:00This is so sad. In doing some quick research into ...This is so sad. In doing some quick research into this (never having heard of it before), I found very quickly that hepatocellular adenoma (the clinical name for what she had) is rare, which is good, but 90% of cases occur in women, and are associated with oral contraceptive use, particularly estrogen. The new low-dose pills have less estrogen, so the rate of this disease is a lot lower than it was a generation ago, but it still can happen. Also, anabolic steroids can also be blamed (I'm assuming this may be to blame for the 10% male rate -- far more women taking birth control than men taking steroids).<br /><br />-KathyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com