Pelvic Pain: The Master of Disguise

Sourced from The Hysterectomy Association: Hysterectomy Association - Hysterectomy Association - hysterectomy, menopause and hormone replacement therapy (hrt) information and support for women. In July we started a new series of posts about invisible illnesses in conjunction with Covance. This month’s post is one which has a huge amount of relevance to our readers because it’s a problem which will almost certainly affect most, if not all at some point. The reason the subject caught our eye was because one study in particular has stood out for Covance recently – the trialling of a brand new treatment for chronic pain relief. But should we be searching for a treatment for pain, if that pain is just one symptom of a bigger condition? Why not concentrate on curing the disease which is causing the pain? Unfortunately it’s not necessarily that easy and we thought we’d try and and explain why. Pelvic pain can, of course, affect both men and women. However, gynaecological disorders mean that it is far more common in women. Women’s health issues which can cause pelvic pain include: Ovarian cysts or torsion (where the ovary becomes twisted) Endometriosis Fibroids Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) Ectopic Pregnancy Gynaecological cancers All of these conditions require different treatments- the problem is, they often share each others symptoms! Nausea with pelvic pain could be a symptom of sexually-transmitted PID, in which case antibiotics would be the...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - Category: OBGYN Authors: Tags: Health Conditions cancer covance endometriosis fibroids pelvic inflammatory disease pelvic pain Source Type: news