Organ Inventory
This diagnostic strategy involves considering every structure in the pelvis that could generate pain.
What is an organ inventory?
Pain occurring around ovulation in the middle of the menstrual cycle is known by this German term meaning “middle pain.”
What is Mittelschmerz?
Ectopic endometrial tissue outside the uterus that responds to hormonal cycling.
Ectopic endometrial tissue outside the uterus that responds to hormonal cycling.
One key historical feature that helps narrow pelvic pain diagnoses is whether pain is cyclical or this alternative pattern.
What is non-cyclical pain?
First-line medications for dysmenorrhea that reduce prostaglandin production.
What are NSAIDs?
Three major pelvic systems commonly included in an organ inventory are reproductive, gastrointestinal, and this system.
What is the urinary system?
Painful menstruation without identifiable pathology is called this condition.
What is primary dysmenorrhea?
Endometrial tissue growing inside the uterine muscle layer, often causing heavy bleeding and painful periods.
What is adenomyosis?
In pelvic pain assessment, clinicians should ask about symptoms related to urination, bowel function, and this reproductive history detail.
What is menstrual history / last menstrual period?
Hormonal therapies like oral contraceptives may help pelvic pain by suppressing this reproductive process.
What is ovulation?
This system can cause pelvic pain through muscle strain, pelvic floor dysfunction, or injury.
What is the musculoskeletal system?
Painful menstruation caused by an underlying disorder like endometriosis or adenomyosis is this type of dysmenorrhea.
What is secondary dysmenorrhea?
Benign smooth muscle tumors of the uterus also known as leiomyomas.
What are fibroids?
Pain during sexual intercourse is referred to by this medical term.
What is dyspareunia?
A non-pharmacologic treatment commonly used for pelvic floor dysfunction and chronic pelvic pain.
What is pelvic floor physiotherapy?
Examples of nerve-related pelvic pain may involve these nerves: pudendal, ilioinguinal, or this nerve supplying the anterior thigh and genital region.
What is the genitofemoral nerve?
Pain that occurs daily but worsens at certain points in the menstrual cycle represents this pattern of pelvic pain.
What is chronic pain with cyclic flares?
This common GI disorder causing abdominal or pelvic pain is often relieved by bowel movements.
This common GI disorder causing abdominal or pelvic pain is often relieved by bowel movements.
During a trauma-informed pelvic exam, clinicians should obtain this before performing any examination steps.
What is patient consent?
Patients with persistent pelvic pain after initial treatment should often be referred to this specialty.
What is gynecology?
Across many pelvic organ systems, three common mechanisms of pain are infection, inflammation, and this process blocking normal flow.
What is obstruction?
A recommended method for identifying cyclic symptoms is having patients record bleeding and pain using this simple tool.
What is a symptom calendar (symptom tracking)?
A bladder condition associated with pelvic pain, urinary urgency, and inflammation of the bladder wall.
What is interstitial cystitis?
During a pelvic exam, tenderness of the cervix with movement suggests this infection involving the reproductive tract.
What is pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)?
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Who is Natalia?