Pelvic pain is pain somewhere between the navel and groin.
Sometimes it hurts all the time, sometimes the pain comes and goes, but these are definitely not the pains that are associated with the female cycle.
The peculiarity of chronic pelvic pain is that it becomes habitual and settles somewhere in the head.
Chronic pain is declared if it continues for 3 to 6 months. Such pain is often accompanied by problems with the bladder, bowels, anxiety, anxiety, depression.
Causes
There are 5 popular causes for chronic pelvic pain:
- pelvic floor muscles and everything related to bones and muscles;
- irritable bowel syndrome;
- interstitial cystitis;
- pain in the uterus (endometriosis, myoma and so on);
- nerve problems.
Features of pain
If the pain increases after eating and decreases after bowel movement, then the problem is somewhere in the gastrointestinal tract.
Pain during urination or bowel movement is associated not only with the bladder and intestines, but also with endometriosis. Endometriosis is the islets of the inner lining of the uterus that have attached and live in other organs.
If pelvic pain changes from body position or from movement, then the problem must be looked for in the muscles or blood vessels.
Spreading pain
The pain not only sits in one place, but can also radiate (shoot) in different directions.
If the pain begins in the back, encircles the chest, or radiates to the upper thighs, then it may be due to the pelvic bones.
There are joints between the bones of the pelvis, which become mobile during pregnancy. It can hurt there.
From kidney stones, pain can spread to the sides.
Prolonged abdominal pain that radiates to the shoulders and back can be with chronic pancreatitis.
Sometimes without a neurologist it is very difficult to figure out where the pain is shooting from.
If chronic pelvic pain leads to insomnia, then this is a sure sign that the pain is moving to the head. This complicates the treatment.
What came before
The pain often becomes chronic, which began with a serious injury or surgery.
If there was already some kind of chronic pain like fibromyalgia, then against this background, chronic pelvic pain often joins.
If before there was something wrong with the bladder or some kind of constipation, then pelvic pain starts more easily.
When the pain rolls over, and after a while it completely disappears, then it can be corrected like some kind of endometriosis. That is, the reason sits in its place in the basin. But if the pain is constant, then this may be a sign that it has escaped from the pelvis and settled in the head for a long time.
If, in addition to pain, there is still numbness of the skin in the perineum or upper thighs, then the reason is probably not in the head, but somewhere lower. These things are easier to fix.
Sometimes the pain is accompanied by nausea and even vomiting. Nausea often comes from the head, so long-term pelvic pain with nausea has every chance of remaining in the head.
conclusions
Since chronic pelvic pain affects every fourth adult woman, it would be better to navigate these things.
This pain lasts at least 3 months. She NOT cyclical like pain on critical days.
If there are signs that the pain is stuck in the head, then it is better to tell the doctor about it. Here are the signs:
- constant pain;
- accompanied by insomnia;
- accompanied by nausea;
- there is anxiety, depression and other experiences;
- there have already been chronic pains like migraines, severe trauma or surgery in the pelvic area.
Don't forget to discuss these things with your doctor!
