Symptoms of pelvic congestion syndrome, let you understand the real situation

If pelvic congestion occurs, the patient will experience a series of corresponding symptoms, such as obvious pain in the lower abdomen, more severe pain during menstruation, inability to feel pleasure during sexual intercourse, easy fatigue, etc.

1. Lower abdominal pain

Most cases present with chronic diffuse pain in the upper area of ​​the auricular joint, or pain in the lower abdomen on both sides, which is often more severe on one side and also affects the same side or lower limbs at the same time, especially soreness and weakness in the groin or hip, which begins in the middle of the menstrual cycle. A small number of patients occasionally present with acute onset abdominal pain, which can be easily misdiagnosed as acute appendicitis, ruptured ovarian follicle, or ruptured ectopic pregnancy.

2. Low back pain

The pain area referred to by the patient is equivalent to the level of the sacrogluteal region, and a few are in the lower half of the sacrum, often accompanied by lower abdominal pain symptoms. It is aggravated before menstruation, after standing for a long time and after sexual intercourse.

3. Dysmenorrhea

Almost half of the patients have this symptom. The characteristics are lower abdominal pain, lumbosacral pain or pelvic pain that begin several days before menstruation. Some cases gradually turn into spasmodic pain, which is most severe on the day before or on the first day of menstruation and is significantly relieved after the second day of menstruation.

4. Sexy is not happy

If the patients are asked, they often complain of varying degrees of pain during sexual intercourse, mostly deep pain, some of which are almost unbearable. Not only is it painful at the time, but the next day the lower abdominal pain, back pain, and excessive vaginal discharge are significantly aggravated, so the patients become bored with sex.

5. Extreme fatigue

Patients often feel very tired throughout the day and have little ability to complete the tasks they are responsible for (including housework).

6. Excessive vaginal discharge

More than half of the patients have symptoms of excessive vaginal discharge. The characteristics of leucorrhea are mostly clear mucus and no signs of infection.

7. Menstrual changes

Some patients experience changes such as excessive menstruation, which are often misdiagnosed as uterine fibroids or uterine hypertrophy due to their enlarged uterus. There are also some patients whose menstrual volume is less than before. But it is accompanied by obvious premenstrual breast pain.