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Chronic Female Pelvic Pain
Factors that increase a woman's risk of developing female pelvic pain that becomes chronic include:
- Pregnancy and childbirth that have stressed the back and pelvis, including delivery of a large baby, a difficult delivery, or a forceps or vacuum delivery.
- A history of childhood or adult physical or sexual abuse. About half of women with chronic female pelvic pain report abuse in their past.1
- A history of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID).
- A history of radiation therapy or surgery of the abdomen or pelvis. (This includes some surgeries for urinary incontinence.
- Past or current diagnosis of depression. Pain sensation and depression seem to be interrelated.
- Alcohol or drug abuse.
- Something abnormal in the structure of the uterus, cervix, or vagina.
| By: | Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: January 11, 2011 |
| Medical Review: | Sarah Marshall, MD - Family Medicine Kirtly Jones, MD - Obstetrics and Gynecology | |
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