Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome - Symptom List © 1999

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Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome (PTS)

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Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome (PTS)

Symptom List © 1999

 

http://www.tubal.org/symptoms_of_pts.htm

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Post tubal ligation syndrome (PTLS or PTS) is an an iatrogenesis

condition meaning doctor-caused or doctor produced. Many women suffer

post tubal ligation syndrome after having a tubal ligation.

 

Below is a list of symptoms that are associated with post tubal

ligation syndrome.

 

Post tubal ligation syndrome is often the result of a rapid decline of

estrogen/progesterone hormone levels caused by the blood supply being

damaged to the ovaries during the TL surgery. Depending on the damage

to the veins and capillaries, blood volume to the ovaries may slightly

decrease or can be eliminated completely which is called isolated

ovarian syndrome (common with hysterectomy operations). Many of the

symptoms of PTS are associated with menopause, hormone shock, or of

having an estrogen/progesterone imbalance.

 

Other symptoms, such has heavy painful periods may be caused by a

hormonal imbalance, could be caused by adenomyosis (bought on by uterus

muscle and tissue being damaged, effected by the TL surgery impairing

the blood supply to areas of that organ/muscle) or a combination of

both. Pain also can be caused by retro bleeding backing into the sealed

fallopian tubes.

 

Other theories of PTS and the hormonal imbalance that results after a TL

is that target or receptor cells that are important in the relay of

hormonal messages are damaged, destroyed, and or removed during the TL

surgery. These receptor cells act like a telephone, sending messages to

the brain. These target/receptor cells are located within the

fallopian tube.

 

With this in mind, it's possible for a woman to have both her ovaries

still functioning to some degree (if blood supply was not damaged), have

no major problems with her uterus (again if blood supply was not damaged

to that organ), and still be experiencing PTS in the from of a hormonal

imbalance caused by change in her hormonal message relay system due to

receptor cells being removed.

 

The only way to find out for sure if you have a hormonal imbalance or

are menopausal is to be properly hormone tested.

 

Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome (PTLS) aka PTS is linked with:

 

Castrative Menopause

Severe Hormone Imbalance

Ovarian Isolation (Post Hysterectomy, Post Tubal Ligation)

Atrophic Ovaries

Hormone Shock

Increased Risk of Heart Disease

Bone Loss and Osteoporosis

Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding (DUB)

PMS

Endometriosis

Adenomyosis

Severe Pelvic Adhesions

Misplacement of Female Organs

Decreased Lactating Ability

SYMPTOMS OF POST TUBAL SYNDROME

 

1. Eptopic pregnancy or pregnancy (well known risk of tubals)

 

2. Hot flashes, flushes, night sweats and/or cold flashes,

clammy feeling, chills

 

3. Bouts of rapid heart beat

 

4. Irritability

 

5. Mood swings, sudden tears

 

6. Trouble sleeping through the night (with or without night sweats)

 

7. Irregular periods; shorter, lighter periods; heavier periods,

flooding;

phantom periods, shorter cycles, longer cycles

 

8. Loss of libido (see note)

 

9. Dry vagina (see note)

 

10. Itchy vagina-at time raw like, can radiated from whole area, with

absence of yeast infections. (see note)

 

11. Color change in vaginal area. (color gets darker -darker red to

purple)

 

12. Crashing fatigue - Chronic Fatigue

 

13. Anxiety, feeling ill at ease

 

14. Feelings of dread, apprehension, doom (see note)

 

15. Difficulty concentrating, disorientation, mental confusion

 

16. Disturbing memory lapses

 

17. Incontinence, especially upon sneezing, laughing; urge incontinence

(see note)

 

18. Prolapse of uterus do to rapid decrease in estrogen levels.

 

19. Itchy, crawly skin (see note)

 

20. Aching, sore joints, muscles and tendons (see note)

 

21. Increased tension in muscles

 

22. Breast tenderness

 

23. Decrease in breast mass

 

24. Headache change: increase or decrease

 

25. Gastrointestinal distress, indigestion, flatulence, gas pain, nausea

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)

 

26. Sudden bouts of bloat

 

27. Depression (see note)

 

28. Exacerbation of existing conditions

 

29. Allergies developing or increasing - (Chronic sinusitis).

 

30 Nasal infections-necessitating antibiotics

 

31. Weight gain (see note)

 

32. Hair loss or thinning, head, pubic, or whole body; increase in

facial hair

 

33. Dizziness, light-headedness, episodes of loss of balance

 

34. Changes in body odor

 

35. Electric shock or stabbing sensation under the skin. (see note)

 

36. Tingling in the extremities, (see note)

 

37. Gum problems, increased bleeding

 

38. Burning tongue, burning roof of mouth, bad taste in mouth, change in

breath odor (see notes)

 

39. Osteoporosis (after several years )

 

40. Changes in fingernails: softer, crack or break easier

 

41. Stabbing pains in pelvic area at time of ovulation

 

42. Pelvic Pain

 

43. Development of Adenomyosis

 

44. Development of Ovarian/Tubal Cysts

 

45. Decreased Lactation Ability

 

Zentralbl Gynakol 1989;111(16):1124-7 [Article in German]

 

The effect of postpartum tubal sterilization

on milk production

 

Vytiska-Binstorfer E.

I. Universitats-Frauenklinik, Wien.

 

We investigated 64 women after the so called " post partum sterilization "

and recorded also retrospectively the milk production within the first

seven days. It was performed by at semilunar subumbilical incision and a

bipolar coagulation of the fallopian tubes. The total daily milk

production, which was compared with the quantity of milk after the

previous pregnancy, was on day six and seven significantly lower after

tubal ligation than in the normal puerperal phase before.

 

PMID: 2816156 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE

 

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The effects of blood supply being affected to the ovaries:

 

 

The onset onset of PTS is not always obvious to the post tubal woman.

She may know that she is sick and that she has suffered a health change

but she may not always be properly diagnosed.

The symptoms of the hormonal imbalances that are often seen in post

tubal women are often mis-diagnosed by the medical community as being

heart conditions, chronic fatigue, common depression, IBS, common

allegeries, and so on.

 

The medical community avoids hormone testing post tubal women under the

age of 40. These women are told that they are too young to be post

menopausal when in fact more often then not they are suffering from a

hormonal imbalance or are post menopausal.

 

Severe and prolonged hormonal imbalances of this nature can cause bone

loss, heart disease, and can cause psychological symptoms that mimic

mental illnesses and Alzheimer's.

 

 

NOTES:

 

Symptom 2 - (flashes) Hot flashes are due to the hypothalamic response

to declining ovarian estrogen production. The declining estrogen state

induces hypophysiotropic neurons in the arcuate nucleas of the

hypothalamus to release gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) in a

pulsatile fashion, which in turn stimulates release of luteinizing

hormone (LH). Extremely high pulses of LH occur during the period of

declining estrogen production. The LH has vasodilatory effects, which

leads to flushing.

 

Symptom 8 - (loss of libido) For some women the loss is so great that

they actually find sex repulsive, in much the same way as they felt

before puberty. What hormones give, loss of hormones can take away.

 

Symptom 9 - (dry vagina) results in painful intercourse.

 

Symptom 10 - (Itchy and or raw vaginal area) A normal vaginal pH level

is around 4.5. A vaginal pH of 6.0 to 7.5 -- in the absence of a vaginal

infection (yeast infection)-- indicates low blood estrogen levels and

signals that the woman is menopausal. " The vagina (and whole area)

becomes more acidic. "

 

Symptom 14 - (doom thoughts) includes thoughts of death, picturing one's

own death. Feelings of complete despair.

 

Symptom 17 - (incontinence) reflects a general loss of smooth muscle

tone.

 

Symptom 19 - (itchy, crawly skin) feeling of ants crawling under the

skin, not just dry itchy skin.

 

Symptom 20 - (aching sore joints) may include such problems as carpal

tunnel syndrome.

 

Symptom 27 - (depression) different from other depression, the inability

to cope is overwhelming. There is a feeling of loss of self. Hormone

therapy ameliorates the depression dramatically.

 

Symptom 31 - (weight gain) often around the waist and thighs, resulting

in 'the disappearing waistline'

 

Symptom 35 - (shock sensation) This is often discribed as the feeling of

a rubber band snapping in the layer of tissue between skin and muscle.

It may be a precursor to a hot flash.

 

Symptom 36 - (tingling in extremities) can also be a symptom of B-12

deficiency, diabetes, alterations in the flexibility of blood vessels,

or a depletion of potassium or calcium.

 

Symptom 38 - (Burning mouth syndrome)

 

 

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Please note: Some of the symptoms above are also symptoms related to

hypothyroidism, diabetes, iron deficiency, and other conditions. If you

believe that you may be experiencing a hormonal imbalance or hormone

shock, please contact your health care provider to consult and have

proper serum testing done. Proper testing will check for ALL

conditions. The findings of hypothyroidism, diabetes, or anemia does

not rule out that a hormone imbalance is not also occurring. The

findings of normal thyroid, insulin, and iron levels does not rule out

that a hormone imbalance is not occurring.

 

Note: Diagnosis of health/medical conditions are not made at this web

site, by www.tubal.org, by the CPTwomen, or by any of it's associates.

This site is an informational and educational site only. No

treatment is provided.

 

 

 

 

With proper laws in place doctors will be required to

inform women of Post Tubal Syndrome.

 

While we were not informed, working

together we can break this cycle of abuse.

 

This is a call for help.

 

To get the " Informed Consent for Tubal Ligation Bill " passed

we desperately need your donations.

 

Please donate if you have found this site and information

provided helpful or educational, if it made you pause and

contemplate, or if you would like to see a tubal ligation

informed consent law put in place.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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