Seven out of every ten women suffering from chronic pelvic pain , there is migraine . This is three times higher than the normal ratio. Researchers believe that in order to determine the exact causes of the connection required a lot of work, but the work will pay off handsomely - medicine can get their hands on better medicines for the treatment of both conditions.
Chronic pelvic pain It represents discomfort between the thighs just below the belt, which extends over six months. The share of this kind of pain accounts for over 10% of all gynecological visits. While a certain percentage of complaints is due to various infections or tumors in the uterus, a significant portion of cases of chronic pelvic pain doctors can not explain.
From this condition suffer from 15% to 24% of all women of reproductive age, and can be compared with the percentage give suffering from migraine (about 20%). In the new study, conducted by the National Institute of Health, it established a connection between migraine and chronic pelvic pain women as having endometriosis, and not having it. Age of women participating in the study, was up to 46 years.
These studies have shown that 67% of women with chronic pelvic pain had migraine and another 8% had headaches, which can be attributed to migraine. Scientists do not know exactly what this is due to the connection.
One explanation - part of prostaglandins (group of lipid physiologically active substances), which play a role in a number of processes, including inflammation and contraction and relaxation of the blood vessels. There is also an assumption that women with chronic pelvic pain and become more vulnerable to other types of pain because of increased overall sensitivity of nerve cells.
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