subject: Understanding Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome [print this page] Chronic pelvic pain syndrome refers to a complex and challenging disease, which has an unclear etiology. Unfortunately, it gives a poor response to any traditional mode of treatment. It is important that this condition should be diagnosed early, so the management procedure could be started early in order to avoid any critical complications.
Signs and Symptoms
Now the question is how to identify if you are suffering from chronic pelvic pain syndrome. The patient experiences extreme pain in the pelvic area without any sort of urinary tract infection. If you experience such pain for more than three months, well, it is the high time to seek help from professional doctors. Common symptoms may include undefined tiredness, myalgia, arthralgia, and abdominal pain.
Diagnosis
Though it can affect a human system at any time, but the most prevalent time is around 35-45 years. Unfortunately, it is a poorly known condition, and 90-95% of cases it is identified as prostatitis.
Typically men having chronic pelvic pain syndrome have more bacteria present in their semen than men without pelvic pain. This is where standard 4-glass test is done to diagnose if the person if suffering from this specific condition. However, one must go for the test, if he suspects having chronic pelvic pain syndrome, or the situation may become more complicated and difficult to deal with.
Treatment
There are various types of treatment available to treat the condition. The patient is advised to go for both physical and psychological therapies. While physical therapy includes medications, psychological therapy is used to manage anxieties and this type of therapy involves paradoxical relaxation, progressive relaxation, adaptation, etc.
Apart from that doctors strictly monitor if the patient has any type of food allergies, as it is seen that food allergies exacerbate the condition even further. Patients are also suggested to take biofeedback physical therapy, so that they can rediscover how to manage pelvic muscle to minimize the pain.
