Pain

This study examined pseudoaffective responses elicited by vaginal distention in urethane-anesthetized rats, and tested hypotheses that responses would be increased by endometriosis (ENDO) and vary with the estrous cycle. Three groups were s…

aEndometriosis Care Centres Australia, Adelaide, SA 5067, Australia bSchool of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia *Corresponding author. Tel.: +61 2 9385 2471; fax: +61 2 9385 8016. E-mail: [email pr…

Considerable evidence exists for sex differences in human pain sensitivity. Women typically report a higher incidence of various painful conditions and report that the conditions are more painful when compared to men. In the present study, …

Endometriosis and urinary calculosis can co-occur. Clinical studies have shown that both painful and non-painful endometriosis in women are associated with enhanced pain and referred muscle hyperalgesia from urinary calculosis, but the mech…

Empirical data from controlled studies using standardized, reliable measures on the amount and quality of pain after laparoscopic tubal ligation and the consequences of this pain on the activities of daily living are extremely scarce. In a …

Electrical stimulation of radial, median, and saphenous nerves produces analgesia in patients with dysmenorrhea, whereas control stimulation in adjacent points does not. Pain relief is not reversed by naloxone, and patients experience perma…

This paper has given a general discussion of the spectrum of pain complaints presented to the gynecologist. Specific information about pain sensation and localization has been reviewed together with the gynecologic causes of acute abdominal…