Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the Treatment of Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women: What Is the Evidence?

Table 1

Etiologies of chronic pelvic pain [3].

Gynecological	Physiologic
	(i) Primary dysmenorrheal
	(ii) Mittelschmerz
	Pathologic
	(i) Endometriosis
	(ii) Adenomyosis
	(iii) Uterine leiomyomata
	(iv) Cervical stenosis or obstructive abnormality
	(v) Pelvic venous congestion syndrome
	(vi) Ovarian remnant/residual ovary syndrome
	(vii) Pelvic adhesions
	(viii) Postpelvic inflammatory disease
	(ix) Endosalpingiosis
Gastrointestinal tract	(i) Irritable bowel syndrome
	(ii) Inflammatory bowel disease
	(iii) Chronic constipation
Urinary tract	(i) Interrstitial cystitis
Nervous system	(i) Pudendal neuralgia
	(ii) Provoked vestibulodynia
Muskuloskeletal	(i) Pelvic floor mayalgia
	(ii) Myofascial pain
Psychosocial	(i) Depression
	(ii) Physical/sexual abuse
	(iii) Drug seeking behaviour