Acute pelvic pain is defined as pain lasting less than 7 days and can be associated with a variety of causes, including inflammation, lack of oxygen to the tissues, fibroids, ruptured ovarian cysts, vaginal bleeding. Chronic pelvic pain is defined as non-cylic pain for 6 or more months. Some common causes are: endometriosis, fibroids, ovarian cysts inflammation of bladder, muscle spasms and other gastrointestinal complications.
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