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The role of catastrophizing in chronic cyclical pelvic pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis

open access: yesWomen's Health, 2023
Background: Dysmenorrhea (painful menstrual cramps) is one of the most common gynecological complaints in women and girls. Dysmenorrhea may be a condition itself or a result of another medical condition, including endometriosis and chronic pelvic pain ...
Emily P Rabinowitz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome show T helper type 1 (Th1) and Th17 self‐reactive immune responses specific to prostate and seminal antigens and diminished semen quality

open access: yesBJU International, 2020
To assess the presence of self‐reactive immune responses to seminal and prostate antigens (PAg), biomarkers of inflammation of the male genital tract, and semen quality parameters in patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS)
R. Motrich   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Breast Cancer, Aromatase Inhibitor Therapy, and Sexual Functioning: A Pilot Study of the Effects of Vaginal Testosterone Therapy

open access: yesSexual Medicine, 2014
Introduction: Women with breast cancer have better cancer‐related outcomes with the use of aromatase inhibitors (AIs), but the physiological suppression of estradiol can negatively affect sexual functioning because of unpleasant urogenital and vaginal ...
Melissa Dahir, DNP, IF   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Erythema and Burning Pain in the Vulva: A Possible Phenotype of Erythromelalgia

open access: yesCase Reports in Medicine, 2011
We report a case of burning vulvar pain accompanied by erythema responding to an oral combination of a benzodiazepine and a beta blocker. The positive response to two medication classes used in the treatment of erythromelalgia supports the possibility of
Elisabeth Johnson   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Contemporary management of pain in cirrhosis: Toward precision therapy for pain

open access: yesHepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Chronic pain is highly prevalent in patients with cirrhosis and is associated with poor health‐related quality of life and poor functional status. However, there is limited guidance on appropriate pain management in this population, and pharmacologic treatment can be harmful, leading to adverse outcomes, such as gastrointestinal bleeding ...
Alexis Holman   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mast cell-derived histamine mediates cystitis pain. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2008
Mast cells trigger inflammation that is associated with local pain, but the mechanisms mediating pain are unclear. Interstitial cystitis (IC) is a bladder disease that causes debilitating pelvic pain of unknown origin and without consistent inflammation,
Charles N Rudick   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dysmenorrhea, Endometriosis and Chronic Pelvic Pain in Adolescents

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Research in Pediatric Endocrinology, 2020
Most adolescents will experience discomfort during menstruation. Due to normalization of dysmenorrhea, there is delay to diagnosis and treatment. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatories are a first line treatment.
Aalia Sachedina, Nicole Todd
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Prevalence of Antenatal Depressive Symptoms and its Associated Factors among Pregnant Nepalese Women with and Without Low Back- and/or Pelvic Girdle Pain

open access: yesJournal of Nepal Health Research Council, 2022
Background: Pregnant women with health problems have shown higher odds of depressive symptoms. Evidence suggests a co-morbid relation between pregnancy-related low back pain and/or pelvic girdle pain and the risk of depression.
Britt Stuge   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Provoked Vestibulodynia in Women with Pelvic Pain

open access: yesSexual Medicine, 2019
Introduction: Pelvic pain and vulvar pain are common conditions in women. In this study, we sought to characterize the clinical picture of patients with concurrent pelvic pain and provoked vestibulodynia (PVD).
Carol Bao, BSc   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Widespread myofascial dysfunction and sensitisation in women with endometriosis‐associated chronic pelvic pain: A cross‐sectional study

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Pain, 2020
Chronic pelvic pain persists in some women with endometriosis even after lesion removal and optimized hormonal treatment.
V. Phan   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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