While pelvic pain might not be as common as other chronic pain conditions, such as back pain, neck pain, or knee pain, it still impacts millions of men and women every single year.
The pelvis is the area between your belly button and just above your thighs and includes the sex organs. While people often connect pelvic pain to women and their reproductive organs, men can also suffer from chronic pain in this region. The level of pain individuals experience varies, with some cases being mild and are nothing to worry about while others can be excruciating and indicative of something far more severe. It all depends on what causes the pain.
This pain might be intermittent coming and going or constant. This pain can even radiate into your lower back, buttocks, and thighs. In some cases, pelvic pain may only occur during certain activities, such as urinating or during sexual activity.
While an issue in the reproductive organs might be the cause of your pain, other problems, such as an infection or an injury with your pelvic bone, might be to blame. That is why it is crucial to contact the pain management doctors at Texas Partners Healthcare Group. At our pain management clinic, we will be able to diagnose the cause of your pelvic pain accurately and come up with a unique and effective treatment plan. Some causes of pelvic pain such as menstrual cramps in women are normal.
However, it also could mean there is a problem with one of the organs in the pelvic region uterus, ovaries, cervix, vagina, etc. For men, it could be an issue with their own sex organs or even their prostate. Some diseases and conditions can cause chronic pelvic pain, but so too can injuries or issues with your digestive, reproductive, or urinary systems.
