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Painful urination, chronic pelvic pain or interstitial cystitis.
It is suitable for women having abdominal or pelvic radiotherapy.
An untreated pelvic infection may lead to you being unable to become pregnant again.
This can include stitches, going to the toilet, your pelvic floor muscles, recovering from a caesarean section and getting your period following your baby
Injury to the nerves which supply the pelvic organs could result in poor control of your bladder, bowel and sexual functions.
Stiffness or soreness in areas such as your lower back, hips and thighs Swelling in your legs or pain in the pelvic region Bone pain that does not ease
Pelvic inflammation – the raw area in the rectum where the polyp has been removed can lead to inflammation around the back passage.
Occasionally, for a pelvic scan you may need a small amount of fluid to be passed into your rectum (back passage).
This type of surgery allows the surgeon to explore the pelvic and abdominal area for cancer and remove any tumor masses.
The cuts will be made between the ribcage and pelvic bone on the side where the kidney is to be removed.
Damage to the fallopian tube caused by pelvic infection or previous tubal surgery such as sterilisation.
Move your hands to the left side, continue working them down to the pelvic or hip bone, then come back up towards the belly button increasing pressure
This is more likely to happen if you have received radiotherapy to the pelvic areas before your operation.
A physiotherapist will often see new mums on the maternity ward to discuss pelvic floor and post-natal exercises.
The physiotherapists attend the maternity ward most mornings and will discuss movement, postnatal and pelvic floor exercises following your caesarean section
age; current or past history of smoking; exposure to some occupational or chemotherapy agents such as cyclophosphamide; or previous irradiation of the pelvic