Review Article
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 |
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