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Chronic Female Pelvic Pain - What Increases Your Risk

Factors that increase a woman's risk of developing female pelvic pain that becomes chronic include:

Pregnancy and childbirth that have stressed the back and pelvis, including delivery of a large baby, a difficult delivery, or a forceps or vacuum delivery.
A history of childhood or adult physical or sexual abuse. About half of women with chronic female pelvic pain report abuse in their past.¹
A history of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID).
A history of radiation therapy or surgery of the abdomen or pelvis. (This includes some surgeries for urinary incontinence.
Past or current diagnosis of depression. Pain sensation and depression seem to be interrelated.
Alcohol or drug abuse.
Something abnormal in the structure of the uterus, cervix, or vagina.

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Last Updated: January 11, 2011

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