Chronic pelvic pain in women: raising physician awareness
August 13, 2008 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
It would be easy enough to pass this off as just another women’s problem that gets swept under the carpet, but if something isn’t on a physician’s radar, it’s easily overlooked. It’s for this reason, the healthcare consumer and medical community need to work together to raise awareness on various health issues.
According to a population survey in Australia, family physicians, or general practitioners, need to become more aware of and proactive in treating female chronic pelvic pain. The results of the article were published in the journal Medical Journal of Australia.
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Tags: chronic pain blog, pain blog, chronic pelvic pain, dysmennorhea, dyspareunia, pain during sexual intercourse
Chronic pelvic pain in women: raising physician awareness
August 12, 2008 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
It would be easy enough to pass this off as just another women’s problem that gets swept under the carpet, but if something isn’t on a physician’s radar, it’s easily overlooked. It’s for this reason, the healthcare consumer and medical community need to work together to raise awareness on various health issues.
According to a population survey in Australia, family physicians, or general practitioners, need to become more aware of and proactive in treating female chronic pelvic pain. The results of the article were published in the journal Medical Journal of Australia. Using the information and results from 2000 women, the researchers found that only 25% of the group did not report any complaints of chronic pelvic pain. The remaining 75% complained of pain from menstruation (dysmenorrhea) and/or pain during sexual intercourse (dyspareunia), or some other type of pain. Interestingly, 2/3 of the women did *not* receive any medical care for their pain because they hadn’t asked for it.
The researchers also found a relationship between anxiety and depression, and chronic pelvic pain. You can read more about the research in the article, GPs Need To Be Alert To Chronic Pelvic Pain In Women.
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Tags: chronic pain blog, pain blog, chronic pelvic pain, dysmennorhea, dyspareunia, pain during sexual intercourse
