Management of Pelvic Pain
Dr. Shaily Dungarwal is a well-known gynaecoloist in mumbai specialized in treating women’s pelvic health related problems. Lower abdomen area is considered as the pelvic area including uterus, vagina, lower intestines, rectum & urinary tract. Pelvic pain occurs in the lower abdomen area due to various reasons and under certain circumstances while they are menstruating, having intercourse, due to infection, and so on. Proper diagnosis may lead to knowing the exact reason for Pelvic Pain so as to control the pain and to prevent damaging pelvic organs.
Pelvic Pain & Endometriosis
Endometriosis refers to a situation when tissue similar to the endometrium (that lines the inside of the uterus) also grows outside the uterus. These growths or “patches” occur most often in the pelvis and lower abdomen.
The patches can be grown in the areas:
- Ovaries, uterus and fallopian tubes
- Uterosacral ligaments
- Inside the walls of the pelvis over the ureters (the tubes running from the kidneys to the bladder)
- Pouch of Douglas
- Surface of the rectum and, less commonly the large and small intestine and appendix
- Bladder
- Vagina
- Lower Abdomen
