766 UW-Stout Instructional

Strategy & Assessment Methods

Recognize, Reduce, & Resolve Pelvic Pain in Women.

Beth Tietz

In this module, the learner will learn to

recognize pelvic pain, explain other
factors contributing to potential
endometriosis and related pelvic
conditions.

Learn about pelvic pain.

What symptoms are included in
pelvic pain?
Learn about endometriosis.
Learn about common endometriosis
symptoms.
Identify other common medical
conditions
that accompany endometriosis.
Be able to identify family members with
pelvic pain, & possibly their diagnosis.

Do your symptoms worsen while menstruating?

Do you have low back pain?

Too much cramping from bowel movements?

Endometriosis is a
multi-faceted, complex condition
that can affect the entire body.

The age range is the time a girl begins menstruating,

through menopause. Although, women may experience
symptoms after menopause.
Endometriosis initially feeds on estrogen,
but has the ability to create its own estrogen.
It is a rogue tissue that can travel around the body.
It can bleed, and cause organs to stick together.

Endometriosis takes an average of

10 years to diagnose.

Endometriosis has been traced

with being a genetic disease.

If you have a mother or sister that has been

properly diagnosed with endometriosis
through a laparoscopy, then had samples
sent to the lab and confirmed, you are

6X

more likely to also be diagnosed

with endometriosis.

Endometriosis has been located

in the pelvis of 10%
of stillborn infant girls.

100 endometriosis sufferers were asked to check

symptoms & conditions that applied to overall
symptoms of pelvic pain:

30%Yeast
Infections
36% Urinary Tract
Infections

48% Interstitial
Cystitis
24% Polycystic
Ovaries
19% Fibroids

91% Fatigue
77% Nausea
66% Depression
60% Anxiety
58% have a
headache/migrane

89%
88%
87%
79%
69%
65%

Bloating
Cramping
Stabbing Pain
Diarrhea
Constipation
Gas

HOW MANY ENDOMETRIOSIS

PATIENTS CITED PAINFUL INTERCOURSE?

Painful intercourse reported by 73% of

endometriosis patients

Painful
Sex

SEX IS SUPPOSED TO BE FUN, & NOT

PAINFUL
If it is painful, it could be several items:
Bleeding after intercourse could be possible fibroids
Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
Ovarian cysts
Endometriosis
Hormone imbalance
Follow up with your health care provider as soon as possible if
you are experiencing these symptoms.
Early intervention is essential to a better quality of life.

If your doctor is not

concerned about
painful bowel
movements, painful
intercourse, and will
not refer you to
another doctor
it is probably time to
find a new doctor or
womens care nurse
practitioner.