Pelvic pain: a diagnosis in itself.

Garad R; Rhonda Garad; Thierry G. Vancaillie; Vancaillie TG; Elizabeth Farrell; Farrell E

Pelvic pain: a diagnosis in itself.

Garad R, Rhonda Garad, Thierry G. Vancaillie, Vancaillie TG, Elizabeth Farrell, Farrell E

Australian nursing & midwifery journal · 2013 · vol. 21(3) , pp. 36–9 · PMID:24279095 · W2411272253

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Pelvic pain affects one in 10 women, causing significant physical, psychological, and social impacts and increasing long-term risks of infertility and opioid dependence.

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Abstract

Pelvic pain (PP) affects around one in 10 women, costs six billion Australian dollars annually and is under recognised. Women with PP are impacted physically, psychologically and socially; in the longer term they are at higher risk of infertility and opioid dependence.

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Condition tags

dysmenorrheadyspareuniaendometriosischronic_pelvic_paininfertility

MeSH descriptors

Pelvic Pain Adult Chronic Disease Dysmenorrhea Dysmenorrhea Dysmenorrhea Dyspareunia Dyspareunia Dyspareunia Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Humans Middle Aged Musculoskeletal Manipulations Pelvic Pain Pelvic Pain Postmenopause Vaginismus

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Using transvaginal ultrasound to determine the cause of chronic pelvic pain 2017

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