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I have read over the majority of your achives on pilondial cysts, but did not encounter this question. I have suffered from pilondial cysts for 12 years and find them to be a minor nuisance. However, my husband and I are planning to start a family in the next few months, and I wonder how this will affect my cysts. Will they get worse? I'm also very considered about labor as it seems like I will be placing a lot of pressure on my tailbone while pushing. As a woman with pilondial cysts, is it reasonable to request a prescheduled C-section?
A couple more questions. What are the odds of genetically passing this condition onto my kids? Both my grandmother and my mother suffered from it, but it missed 5 other children/grandchildren. What are "essential oils?" Also, I have suffered from leg cramps all of my life. As a kid, it was chalked up to "growing pains." However, I still get them about 2 - 3 times a week, regardless of the sensitivity of my tailbone. I have had pilondial flare-ups since I was 16, but I have suffered from leg cramps since I was 3. In your opinion, are they connected?
In Reply to: Pilondial cysts and pregnancy posted by Maureen on May 29, 2001 at 21:39:24:
Hi, Maureen.
From the archives I had hoped you would understand the problem better and so be able to figure out your questions.
I will try to respond in the order of your questions:
1. No effect.
2. Delivery puts pressuro on the inner surface of the tailbone and a pilonidal problem is ALWAYS on the outside.
3. No.
4. I do not know the exact % risk. Your OBGYN would have the references and could look it up. The main thing is to look at the area at birth and, if there are indications of a possible problem, the way to help prevent a problem IS in the archives as well as what to teach the child to do as they get to be a teenager.
5. Essential oils are not likely to help with this kind of "sebaceous cyst". They are on the home page.
6. Not likely connected although IF xray also shows spina bifida occulta, it could be. More likely due to bracing or low intracelular magnesium.
Hope this helps.
Walt
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