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Mar
Romper Feature: What Lightning Crotch Before Ovulation Can Mean, According To An Expert
Have you ever felt a sharp jolt of pain in your pelvis near the middle of your cycle? You might be one of the many women who experience a phenomenon (unofficially) known as “lightning crotch. ” The technical term, vulvodynia, refers to an as-of-yet unexplained, chronic...
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The Psychology of Pelvic Pain: It’s Not All in Your Head
Living with chronic pelvic pain can be a debilitating, stressful and all-consuming experience. It can be a process that's often difficult to navigate. Sometimes pelvic pain has an identifiable source, such as an infection or cyst. Other times, there are multiple different p...
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The Bladder and Beyond: Understanding the Role that the Bladder can Play in Endometriosis Patients
Endometriosis. It's a term that most people know these days. In fact, some would say its “trending” as you see it all over tabloids and magazines. The truth is there is nothing trendy about it. Women with endometriosis often suffer unrelenting pelvic pain and pa...
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Pelvic pain and Depression: What’s the relationship?
Depression is a common yet serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think, and how you act. I want to repeat that- depression is a medical condition. Often people have misperceptions as to what having depression or any other mental health issue me...
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Breaking the stigma around pelvic floor dysfunction
80% of patients who believe they have interstitial cystitis actually have something known as “pelvic floor dysfunction. ” That's right. Pelvic. Floor. Dysfunction. No, your uterus is not falling. No, you are not too young to have thi...
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What Is Getting Diagnosed with Interstitial Cystitis Mean?
Recently diagnosed with Interstitial Cystitis and trying to figure out exactly what this really means? I get this question almost every day. Actually, truth be told, I get this question multiple times a day. The diagnosis of Interstitial cystitis can often be daunting...
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Suffering from Chronic Illness: 4 Essential Tips
Consider the term “chronic. ” Often, it causes a tailspin. Why? The chronicity of anything, whether it be illness, pain, or injury implies longevity, and that can often lead of feelings of hopelessness or depression. Pelvic pain is often a chronic illness. Understandin...
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How to Make the Most Out of Your Appointment With Your Pelvic Pain Specialist
The truth: visiting the doctor's office can often be cumbersome and overwhelming. When you’re in pain, it’s an even more daunting experience. I’ve seen patients who have spent years trying to pin down the cause of painful periods, painful sex or unexplaine...
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Mar
What’s Your WHY?
“Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire. ” - Jennifer LeeI guess you could say when I became a physician, I essentially “went into the family business. ” I come from a family of physicians, dentists, and pharmacists. I grew up watc...
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Crosstalk Between the Immune System and Neural Pathways in Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome
Abstract: Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome (IC/BPS) is a condition causing intense pelvic pain and urinary symptoms. While it is thought to affect millions of people and significantly impair quality of life, difficulty with diagnosis and a lack of reliably effective tr...
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