Common Causes, Diagnostic Evaluation, and Treatment in Women

Cara R. King
In: Pain · 2019 · pp. 845–849 · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-99124-5_180 · W2944727836
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This paper presents the diagnostic evaluation and treatment of common causes of chronic urogenital pain in women, including endometriosis, interstitial cystitis, vulvar pain, and pudendal neuralgia.

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This chapter addresses chronic urogenital pain in women by outlining causes, diagnostic evaluation, and treatment approaches, focusing on conditions such as endometriosis, interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome, localized vulvar pain syndrome, and pudendal neuralgia. It presents a high-level framework for evaluating these common sources of persistent pain to support appropriate management decisions, without detailing patient-level methods in the provided text. A stated caveat is that the work is framed as a diagnostic-and-treatment overview for chronic urogenital pain rather than a single-condition study. Relevance to endometriosis: the chapter explicitly lists endometriosis among the common causes of chronic urogenital pain and discusses diagnostic evaluation and treatment in that context, though its main focus is a broader overview of multiple pain etiologies.

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Chronic urogenital pain requires a thorough diagnostic evaluation to guide appropriate treatment. Common causes in women include endometriosis, interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome, localized vulvar pain syndrome, and pudendal neuralgia. Presented are the diagnostic evaluation and treatment of these common sources of chronic pain. Access this chapter Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout Purchases are for personal use only Similar content being viewed by others

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