Introduction to Chronic Pelvic Pain

doi:10.1017/9781108877084.002

Chapter 1 - Introduction to Chronic Pelvic Pain

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 March 2021

Nicole Afuape and

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Michael Hibner: Affiliation:
St Joseph’s Hospital & Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ

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Pelvic pain is a much more common condition than perceived by the medical and general community. Because it affects the most private aspects of human life such as sexuality and reproduction, patients are not willing to discuss it with their families, friends, and loved ones. Medical providers are also very likely to dismiss the symptoms and blame it on a psychological or psychiatric condition. Chronic pelvic pain is real, it is common, and it is almost always due to some identifiable disease or injury. Patients with pelvic pain need to be heard and treated with dignity and respect, and the majority of them can be helped.

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Type: Chapter
Information: Management of Chronic Pelvic Pain
A Practical Manual
, pp. 1 - 5

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108877084.002 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2021

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