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Chronic Female Pelvic Pain - Exams and Tests

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Chronic pain can have a wearing effect on the mind and emotions, which can in turn make pain management more difficult. Your doctor may recommend a mental health assessment. You will be asked questions to find out whether such conditions as depression, insomnia, or stress are contributing to or being caused by your chronic pain. For the best chance of recovering from pain, these conditions must be treated along with any known physical causes of pain.

What to think about

A laparoscopy or other test that reveals no apparent problems (negative test result) does not necessarily mean that no physical cause is present. Exams and tests for causes of female pelvic pain are not yet able to detect all causes.

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Last Updated: January 11, 2011
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