A KEY TO SYMPTOMS IN WOMEN: WHAT CAUSES PELVIC PAIN IN WOMEN?
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). IBS is a very common problem among young women. It may cause pain that is experienced in the pelvis by most women, but the source of the pain is in fact the bowel. IBS causes abdominal and/or pelvic pain, bloating, and constipation or diarrhea. Sometimes the diarrhea and constipation alternate. Usually no structural abnormality is seen on examination of the colon, and no abnormalities are evident with laboratory tests. IBS is a diagnosis of exclusion, meaning that all other possibilities should be ruled out first. Although it is a chronic problem, IBS can be managed with diet, exercise, and medications in most people, and it does not cause more severe problems, such as cancer.
Ovarian cyst. In the normal menstrual cycle, each month one ovary produces an egg to be fertilized. If ovulation (the release of an egg) does not occur, a cyst, called a folhcular cyst, may form. When an egg is released from an ovary, another kind of cyst, called a corpus luteum cyst, may form. These two lands of cysts may grow quite large and may cause pain either on their own or if they rupture. An ultrasound device, which bounces sound waves off internal structures to visualize them, is used to diagnose an ovarian cyst. Most cysts go away on their own, or they can be reduced through hormone suppression with birth control pills or drained through a laparoscopy. Ovarian cysts must be differentiated from ovarian cancer, which usually has a different appearance on ultrasound than a cyst and does not shrink with hormone suppression.
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