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Page THE HERALD Wednesday February 14 1990 Abortion is part of medical history DR GOTT DEAR DR GOTT I had an abortion at age Will this hinder my chances of getting pregnant in the future and when I do does the doctor or anyone else have to know what happened Is there a chance the pregnancy will not go smoothly DEAR READER If you had a sin gle abortion properly performed and without complications you will prob ably have no trouble becoming preg nant again Problems can arise if you suffered an infection at the time of the procedure This infection could block one or both Fallopian tubes making pregnancy difficult or impos sible without additional treatment usually surgery to unblock the tubes In addition repeated abortions of ten weaken the cervix which makes it difficult for a woman to carry a baby to term she may tend to miscarry If you did not suffer these complica tions the abortion should not affect your ability to become pregnant Nonetheless you should share your experience with a gynecologist This information is part of your medical history and will help the specialist guide you through an uneventful preg nancy The doctor needs to know in or der to give you and your baby the best Possible medical care He or she will the information confidential You do not have to discuss your abor tion with any other person including health professionals Abortion should never be viewed as a form of or substitute for birth con trol Because you may not wish to be come pregnant right away I am send ing you a free copy of my Health Report Contraception An Update Other readers who would like a copy should send with their name and address to Box Cleveland OH Be sure to mention the title DEAR DR My 10yearold niece has been diagnosed with syndrome Its a very rare genetic bone disease and the doctor at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore who made the diagnosis has seen only one other case Can you provide information DEAR READER Dyggve-Meichi- syndrome is an inherited- genetic abnormality marked by men tal retardation short stature exag gerated spinal curvature and clawed fingers The affliction is so rare that it does not appear in the standard medi cal texts or dictionaries in fact its so rare that I cannot give you further in formation about treatment or progno sis Perhaps you can obtain this infor mation from your Johns Hopkins doctor DEAR DR GOTT In a recent col umn you responded to a query about disease Would you now speak of carcinomainsitu espe cially as to its prognosis and hopeful ly a cure DEAR READER Sir James Paget a famous 19thcentury British sur geon had several diseases named af ter him disease of bone osteitis de formans is a common noncancerous affliction of the bodys bones charac terized by spotty areas of rapid bone destruction and regrowth leading to pain and fractures disease of the breast is a rare form of cancer involving the nip ple and milk ducts Malignant cells grow outward from the ducts causing a roughened and inflamed nipple re sembling eczema When 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