Symptoms of pelvic congestion are common in life

Many women may not know much about pelvic congestion. In fact, women need to pay special attention to this, otherwise it will cause great harm to women's health. In life, people should understand the symptoms of pelvic congestion so that they can detect it as early as possible and treat it quickly.

1. Lower abdominal pain

Most cases present with chronic diffuse pain above the pubic symphysis, 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 is located at the level of the sacrogluteal region, and in a few cases in the lower half of the sacrum, often accompanied by lower abdominal pain. It is aggravated before menstruation, after standing for a long time and after sexual intercourse.

3. Dysmenorrhea

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

They often complain of varying degrees of pain during sexual intercourse, mostly deep pain, some of which are almost unbearable. The next day, symptoms such as lower abdominal pain, back pain, and excessive vaginal discharge are significantly aggravated, and the patients become bored with sexual life.

5. Extreme fatigue

Fatigue and inability to complete the work you are responsible for.

6. Excessive vaginal discharge

Half of the patients had 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. Some patients also experience a decrease in menstrual volume compared to before. But it is accompanied by obvious premenstrual breast pain.

8. Congestion breast pain

Most patients have congestive breast pain and swelling. The patient herself can feel a lump and tenderness in the breast, which often appears after the middle of the menstrual period along with the above symptoms, reaching a peak on the day before menstruation or the first day of menstruation. After the menstruation, the above symptoms are alleviated or disappear completely. For some patients, breast pain is more severe than pelvic pain.

9. Swelling and pain in the vulva and vagina

Patients with pelvic congestion often experience swelling and heaviness in the vulva and vagina, or burning and itching in the vulva. The vulva may show pigmentation, swelling or hypertrophy of the labia majora, and some degree of venous engorgement, distension, or varicose veins.