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What is chronic pelvic pain and what causes it?
According to the Mayo Clinic; Chronic pelvic pain refers to any pain in your pelvic region — the area below your bellybutton and between your hips — that lasts six months or longer. If you were asked to locate your pain, you'd be more likely to sweep your hand over that entire area rather than point to one spot. Chronic pelvic pain can be a symptom of another disease, or it can be designated as a condition in its own right.
What could be the cause of chronic pelvic pain?
- Endometriosis
- Tension in your pelvic floor muscles
- Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease
- Pelvic congestion syndrome
- Ovarian remnant as a result of hysterectomy that develops cysts
- Fibroids
- Irritable bowel syndrome/disorder IBS/ IBD .
- Interstitial cystitis
- Unknown causes
Do you have questions about Pelvic Pain? Get answers and interact with others at the OBGYN.net Women's Health Forum. Research the 500,000 Q&A already there. Some interesting topics covered on the forum regarding pelvic pain include:
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Recommended Reading
OBGYN.net and the International Pelvic Pain Society are working together to educate Medical Providers and Women about Pelvic Pain, its diagnosis and treatment. You are invited to download and print the Chronic Pelvic Pain: A Patient Education Booklet by Michael Wenof, MD and C. Paul Perry, MD.
Pelvic
Pain: Diagnosis & Management; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,
Philadelphia, 2000
Edited by Fred M. Howard, MD, MS, C. Paul Perry, MD, James E. Carter, M.D.,
Ahmed M. El-Minawi MD, MSc, PhD.
A Patient's Guide to PCOS - W. Futterweit, MD, FACE, FACP
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