What investigations may be required to investigate pelvic pain?

If there is a suggestion that there may be infection within the genital tract swabs may be sent to the laboratory for culture. Swabs taken from the lower genital tract including the cervix may not be representative of bacterial status higher up the genital tract. Some bacteria (e.g. Mycoplasma hominis) are increasingly being recognised as having clinical significance but few laboratories have the facilities to culture them.

A pregnancy test would be appropriate if there is any possibility that you have conceived. Ultrasound (pelvic ultrasound) can provide a picture of any swellings in the pelvic organs such as cysts in an ovary or fibroids. Sometimes direct visualisation of the pelvic organs by the gynaecologist (Laparoscopy -laparoscopy) may be required.


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ENDOMETRIOSIS

  • 18 What is endometriosis?
  • 19 How prevalent is endometriosis?
  • 20 What causes endometriosis?
  • 21 How can my endometriosis be treated?
  • 22 How can my doctor determine the cause of my pelvic pain?
  • 23 What investigations might be recommended by my gynaecologist to investigate my pelvic pain?
  • 24 What is laparoscopy?
  • 25 What are pelvic adhesions?
  • 26 I have chronic pelvic pain. Could this be related to adhesions?
  • 27  What is uterine retroversion (retroverted uterus)
  • 28  Does a retroverted uterus (backward tilted uterus) cause symptoms?
  • 29 How is a retroverted uterus - backward tilted uterus - treated?
  • 30 What is pelvic congestion?
  • 31 What causes pain associated with sexual intercourse (dyspareunia)
  • 32 How can painful sexual intercourse (dyspareunia) be treated?
  • 33 What is a pelvic mass?

    • IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME - IBS

  • 34 What is irritable bowel syndrome?
  • 35 How can we find out if I have irritable bowel syndrome?
  • 36 Is irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) a common condition?
  • 37 What causes IBS?
  • 38 What is the pain associated with IBS like?
  • 39 Can IBS be mistaken for gynaecological problems?
  • 40 How can my IBS be treated?
  • 41 What other treatments are available for IBS?
  • 42 What can be done to reduce the amount of bowel gas(flatus)
  • 43 What is constipation?
  • 44 What causes constipation?
  • 45  How can constipation be treated?
  • 46 How could we summarise the treatments that are available for my pelvic pain?
  • 47 Where can I obtain more information?
  • 48 Pelvic Pain Support Groups.
  • 49 Endometriosis Support Groups.
  • 50 IBS Support Groups.
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