There are loads of on-line medical info and health sources which would be better places than Mudcat to discuss these sort of questions
try searches via Lycos, Google, altavista, etc and/or try sites such as http://www.mayohealth.org/
, www.medscape.com (you need to register for Medscape and the info is quite technical),
http://www.askphysicians.com/register.htm

It was actually a Mudcat member who gave me the 3 websites above, but in private communication.

I participate in women's health forums at Yahoo groups and find them very helpful. To find out if there is a Yahoo discussion group dealing with the particular condition you are concerned with, search at http://groups.yahoo.com/