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Neuroanatomy of chronic Pelvic PainOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Purpose of the review: The aim of this work is to study the role of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in chronic pelvic pain in women. Recent findings: Chronic pelvic pain is a common disorder of women that often presents a diagnostic dilemma for both patient and doctors. Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) in women is one of the most common and difficult problems encountered by health care providers. The treatment of chronic female pelvic pain can be approached in two ways; causal treatment by treating a known specific cause or symptomatic treatment by treating the pain itself as a medical condition. Symptomatic treatment of pain could be achieved by conventional methods as hormones, analgesics or surgery; or by other methods as complementary and alternative methods. Alternative or complementary medicine is receiving more and more interest from both patients and health care providers. It is defined as ”a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not presently considered to be part of conventional medicine”. Alternative medicine describes practices used in place of conventional medical treatments while complementary medicine describes practices used in conjunction and cooperation with conventional medicine Conclusions: Some complementary and alternative medicine has been approved to be effective in the management of chronic pelvic pain and dysmenorrhea, and so, it may be tried before surgical interference.