My friend developed migraines around her periods after a gynecological procedure. Prior to this she had like 1 migraine in her life (does have a family history) and after she's had pretty debilitating headaches with each cycle. Like can't function, but acupuncture seems to be helping.
Went to the first neurologist who spent maybe 10 minutes with her, blew her off and said this wasn't a thing. Basically the "you're nuts/all in your head narrative."
Saw a second neurologist who spent almost an hour with her, validated what happened, offered a range of treatment options, and came up with a plan.
It's absolutely fucking insane how different your experience can be with the US healthcare system depending on the physician you sit in front of.
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While I highly doubt the exam had anything to do with it and was clearly just coincidence I think its also obvious the migraines are real.
I cant imagine why the first doctor wouldnt treat the migraines while politely pointing out the exam is unrelated.
@freemo The onset is related to the procedure, not exam, per the 2nd neurologist.
@tayfonay I suspect they just said that to placate the patient, but if I am wrong I would be curious to hear what disease they think the examination could have caused and how.
@freemo Placate the patient? Wow.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/202685
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1743919115010973
The use of high dose estrogen prior to the hysteroscopy likely led to the onset of menstrual migraines. They're not blaming the surgeon for anything, it's more a matter of this was a good environmental trigger to be paired with her genetics and other risk factors leading to "shit happens."
