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Chronic pelvic pain

  • Pain in the lower abdomen
  • Groin pain
  • Pain in the genital area

Nature

Chronic pelvic pain may derive from a variety of sources, including infection and displacement of the pelvic organs.

Incidence

Chronic pelvic pain in women accounts for 10% of hysterectomies. In Chinese medicine, pain in the groin, genital area and lower abdomen (hypogastrium) indicates liver meridian disharmony.

Broader

Chronic pain
Unpresentable
Abdominal pain
Unpresentable

Aggravates

Aggravated by

Vulvodynia
Presentable
Varicose veins
Presentable
Uterine fibroids
Presentable
Endometriosis
Presentable
Abdominal growths
Unpresentable
Kidney disorders
Yet to rate
Dyspareunia
Yet to rate
Adenomyosis
Yet to rate

Related

Value

Pain
Yet to rate

Web link

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-being

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Medicine » Anatomy
  • Medicine » Nervous system » Nervous system
  • Medicine » Skeletal system » Skeletal system
  • Medicine » Urogenital system » Urogenital system
  • Content quality
    Presentable
     Presentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    J1056
    DOCID
    12010560
    D7NID
    141227
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020