WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for August, 2000: Re: Pelvic pain

Re: Pelvic pain

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 23 Aug 2000 14:51:52 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 23 Aug 2000, jhc wrote: >
>Hopefully someone out there will have an opinion about what is going on
>with me. I have been having right sided pelvic pain for the last 8
>days. I thought it was ovulation related, which is not uncommon for me,
>but this persisted longer than the typical 1-2 days. I saw a doc a
>couple of days ago, pelvic and bimanual were WNL. He seemed to think
>that it was related to ovulation also. The difference between this pain
>and the normal "middle of the month" pain I experience is that normally
>after ovulation I have swollen tender breasts. Not this month. I also
>have right sided low back pain and alot of pressure in the peri area. I
>do not have an appendix and have had a tubal ligation. What could it
>be? Would ovulation related pain continue on this long? If it were
>gallbladder related would the pain and tenderness not be considerably
>higher?
>
>Thanks in advance.

jhc, It may be that the pain is secondary to ovulation, but that this particular ovulation was "traumatic". Ovulation is the rupture of an ovarian cyst. Occasionally, this cyst rupture can be traumatic or associated with bleeding. Blood is very irritating to the abdominal cavity and causes pain and can cause discomfort in the perineal area because of the fact that inside this is the lowest and dependent portion of the abdominal cavity. I would keep an eye on the pain for awhile. If it does not clear by the end of your next period, then get it checked... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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