Eight women with Chronic Pelvic Pain (CPP) were asked, by means of semi-structured interview, what had been helpful and unhelpful in terms of social support from their partners, families, friends, acquaintances, doctors, nurses and other women with CPP. Firstly, thematic analysis employing a ...
"Social support for women with chronic pelvic pain: what is helpful from whom?" Psychology & Health vol. 19 no. 1: pp.117 - 134.Warwick, R., Joseph, S., Cordle, C., & Ashworth, P. (2004). Social support for women with chronic pelvic pain: What is helpful from whom? Psychology...
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CONTEXT: Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) is common, but trial evidence is conflicting and therapeutic options are controversial. OBJECTIVE: To conduct a systematic review and network meta-analysis comparing mean symptom scores and treatment response among ±-blockers, antibiot...
"Insurances don't acknowledge [pelvic pain] as a thing," Bahlani explained. "They say, 'It's just pain.'" This, she continued, leaves patients with unanswered questions and unmet needs from in-network providers. If in-network professionals aren't giving you the care you need or the cos...
This study is aimed at exploring the potential mechanisms of melatonin (MT) in treating chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) using network pharmacology and experimental study. The target genes of MT were acquired from the Swiss Target Prediction, SuperPred, SEA, and PharmMappe...
Support groups always begin with a motivated patient and/or family member who wants to make a difference. They developed their medical condition at various ages. They struggled with medical care. They agonized over friendships lost and family relationships strained. Most of all, they were determined...
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Pelvic Pain Treatment The superficial fascia of the pelvic floor is a thin fibrous layer of connective tissue embedded with adipocytes – specialized fat cells – along with a complex network of lymphatic and blood vessels. The pelvic fascia plays an important role in exteroception – sensory awar...
Conclusions and RelevanceChronic pelvic pain is like other chronic pain syndromes in that biopsychosocial factors interact to contribute and influence pain. To manage this type of pain, clinicians must consider centrally mediated pain factors as well as pelvic and nonpelvic visceral and ...