Pelvic pressure is encountered rarely on Symcat. We will add more content to this page if enough people like you show interest.
The most common causes of pelvic pressure are pregnancy, urinary tract infection, and vulvodynia. Other possible causes, such as idiopathic excessive menstruation, are more rare.
Within all the people who go to their doctor with pelvic pressure, 73% report having problems during pregnancy, 51% report having pelvic pain, and 51% report having pain during pregnancy.
Patients with pelvic pressure often receive urinalysis, pelvis exam, ultrasonography, chlamydia test, examination of breast, rectal examination, standard pregnancy test and pap smear .
The most commonly prescribed drugs for patients with pelvic pressure include phenazopyridine (azo), leuprolide (lupron), nitrofurantoin, multivitamin, prenatal, nafarelin (synarel), anastrozole (arimidex), ortho cyclen, sodium morrhuate, tinidazole, pimozide (orap), pentosan polysulphate sodium (elmiron), clomiphene (clomid) and terbutaline .
|Pentosan Polysulphate Sodium (Elmiron)|
Groups of people at highest risk for pelvic pressure include race/ethnicity = other, age 30-44 years, race/ethnicity = hispanic, sex == female and age 15-29 years. On the other hand, sex == male, age 1-4 years, and age < 1 years almost never get pelvic pressure.