Pelvic Pain ... please Help Posted: 05-23-07 20:24pm
Hello,
My wife (25 years old) has been
experiencing severe pelvic pain for the
last 2 months right after the end of her
period. These pains usually start either
on the last day of her period or 1-2 days
after the period and they generally last a
whole week and then disappear.
The pain is at times debilitating. It
is centered around her pelvis and vaginal
regions, often starts out as a dull ache
but then transforms into a severe shooting
pain that she feels someone is shooting
needles in her pelvis. This shooting pain
also manifests itself as spasms which can
sometime grip her for as long as 5-10
minutes.
The surprising thing is that except
for this pain she does not feel anything.
Her periods are normal, the amount of
bleeding experienced by her is normal,
there is no vaginal odor, there are no
clots in her flow, she does not have any
fever, she does not have any pain
urinating.
We have run a CT scan and have had a
pap smear, a urine sample analysis and a
blood test done. All of these have turned
out negative.
Our gynecologist does not think this
pain is menstrual cramps related. We are
currently trying to seek the opinion of a
gastroenterologist and are also looking
into taking birth control pills. But the
pain remains undiagnosed.
Have any of you experienced a similar
issue? Any help would be appreciated as we
are at our wits end trying to figure this
out.
Endometriosis is another affliction
we are thinking of but the articles we
have read suggest this is very difficult
to diagnose and our gynecologist doesnt
think it to be the cause of the pain.
I really appreciate your reading this
and may all your afflictions be cured.
Thanks,
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tforsberg
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 30 May 2007 Posts: 3 Location: Minneapolis
Posted: 05-30-07 10:44am
This has been an on going issue for me. I
have been dealing with severe pain and am
at my end. My old doctor told me I had
endometriosis over the phone and put me on
Lupron injections. That made everything
worse. I have had a head ache daily and
bleeding for about 2 weeks. I went to get
a second opinion and her thought was that
I need a laparoscopy and hysteroscopy
done. I will be having this done on
Friday. My hope is they are able to figure
it out and relieve the pain. Maybe your
wife should look into the same. At least
can help with some questions.
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kasturiranganr
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 May 2007 Posts: 2
Posted: 05-31-07 06:48am
Hello,
Thanks for your input and I hope your
pain gets resolved at the earliest.
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Jodilynne
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Jun 2006 Posts: 12 Location: , WI
Pelvic Pain Posted: 08-15-07 23:46pm
Sorry for your wife...
I am wondering, is the pain gripping
around both hips?
I have the same. I am having a partial
hysterectomy. I have had four
children and have a prolpsed uterus and a
cystocele and rectocele.
Fun, fun! My surgery is the 24th of this
month..
I hope this helps ...and maybe this
answers your questions.
Jodi O
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hannahminnis
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 4 Location: ,
Pelvic Pain Posted: 08-16-07 10:16am
these were the symptons i experienced 14
years ago i ended up having pelvic
inflamitory disease it was treated late so
no kids for me never ignore these symptoms
but you do recover can be treated
successfully if caught in time
I can get gripping pain like that and I
have endometireous. I would get a second
gynie opion and see if she could go for a
laporoscopy to see what is wrong. Maybe
her uterus has flipped some or tilted
itself to far one way.
Does she get pain with intercouse or
orgazium. I know you said the pain is
stabing does she feel it on her pelvic
floor. Something that helps me to ease the
pain some is a very hot bath I crawl inch
any way to gt to my hot bath and usually
with ease it up enough for some relief,
I will be praying for your wife.
taykare
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Jude-Love
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Jun 2007 Posts: 727 Location: Williamstown, Kentucky USA
Posted: 09-05-07 16:54pm
There are lots of different things your
wife could be experiencing and luckily,
she's young enough that chances are it's
nothing fatal.
However, the next time she sees a doctor
(which should be soon since the pain is so
severe), she should ask for a transvaginal
ultrasound if she hasn't had one. She may
have had an abdominopelvic already, but a
transvaginal ultrasound shows a lot more.
It's possible that she is making ovarian
cysts that rupture or something of the
sort, I have had that and the pain is very
severe and generally does last around 5-10
minutes. The other pain she is
experiencing could be general soreness.
Another possibility is uterine fibroids.
