Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women Disease Summary

Chronic pelvic pain is a persistent, distressing, and severe pain of >6 months duration; occurs intermittently, cyclically, or situationally; localized to the pelvis, anterior abdominal wall at or below the umbilicus, the lumbosacral back, or the buttocks; and is severe enough to cause functional disability or need medical care.
A complete and detailed history should include organ-specific inquiries on gastroenterologic, gynecologic,musculoskeletal, urologic and neurologic symptoms including a thorough review of systems of infectious,endocrine, psychiatric and sexual disorders.
Patients should be offered pain control with appropriate analgesia even if therapeutic maneuvers have not yet been initiated.

For further information regarding the management of Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women, please refer to Disease Algorithm for the Treatment Guideline.