* Ureteral Pelvic Junction Obstruction ( UPJ ) is a rare condition beginning from birth in which the ureter is blocked between the kidney and bladder.

This condition may cause blood in the urine < STRONG > Ureteral Pelvic Junction Obstruction ( UPJ ) / Ureteral Obstruction </ STRONG >

The Pelvic Pain Urgency / Frequency ( PUF ) Patient Survey, created by C. Lowell Parsons, is a short questionnaire that will help physicians identify if pelvic pain could be coming from the bladder.

In 2007, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases ( NIDDK ) began using the umbrella term Urologic Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndromes ( UCPPS ) to refer to pain syndromes associated with the bladder ( i. e. interstitial cystitis / bladder pain syndrome, IC / BPS ) and the prostate gland ( i. e. Chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome ).

Pelvic inflammatory disease is more likely to occur when there is a history of pelvic inflammatory disease, recent sexual contact, recent onset of menses, or an IUD in place or if the partner has a sexually transmitted infection.

Pelvic inflammatory disease results if N. gonorrhoeae travels into the pelvic peritoneum ( via the cervix, endometrium and fallopian tubes ).

Uterine prolapse ( or Pelvic organ prolapse ) occurs when the female pelvic organs fall from their normal position, into or through the vagina.

Pelvic Muscle Dysfunction Biofeedback ( PMDB ) encompasses " elimination disorders and chronic pelvic pain syndromes.

Pelvic surgery using the " perineal approach " ( between the anus and coccyx ) is an established cause of damage to the pelvic floor.

Pelvic organ prolapse occurs in women when pelvic organs ( e. g. the vagina, bladder, rectum, or uterus ) protrude into or outside of the vagina.

Pelvic floor exercise ( PFE ), also known as Kegel exercises, may improve the tone and function of the pelvic floor muscles, which is of particular benefit for women ( and less commonly men ) who experience stress urinary incontinence.

* Pelvic Floor Video Video with overview of pelvic floor muscles and related physical therapy exercises

* Pelvic Floor Exercises blog: how to exercise pelvic floor muscles

Pelvic floor dysfunction refers to a wide range of issues that occur when muscles of the pelvic floor are weak, tight, or there is an impairment of the sacroiliac joint, lower back, coccyx, or hip joints.

Pelvic floor dysfunction may include any of a group of clinical conditions that includes urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, sensory and emptying abnormalities of the lower urinary tract, defecatory dysfunction, sexual dysfunction and several chronic pain syndromes, including vulvodynia.

* Pelvic floor disorder or Postpartum pelvic floor dysfunction, a group of clinical conditions

Pelvic floor dysfunction is a fairly new area of specialty for physical therapists world wide.

* Pelvic Myoneuropathy-a new explanation for painful bladder.

Pelvic inflammatory disease ( or disorder ) ( PID ) is a term for inflammation of the uterus, fallopian tubes, and / or ovaries as it progresses to scar formation with adhesions to nearby tissues and organs.

Pelvic and vaginal ultrasounds are helpful in the differential diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy of over six weeks.

Pelvic floor dysfunction may be the underlying cause of some women's pain.

Pregnancy related Pelvic Girdle Pain is a significant musculoskeletal disorder that begins in pregnancy and for some women last for years.

Pelvic fins are absent, and relatively small pectoral fin can be found near the midline, followed the head and gill-covers.

Pelvic splanchnic nerves are the primary source for parasympathetic innervation.

Pelvic physical therapy involves both external and internal modalities.

In women, the signs and symptoms are discharge from vagina, burning or pain when urinating, anal or oral infections, abdominal pain, or abnormal vaginal bleeding, which may be an indication that the infection has progressed to Pelvic Inflammatory Disease.

" The BCIA didactic education requirement includes a 28-hour course from a regionally-accredited academic institution or a BCIA-approved training program that covers the complete Pelvic Muscle Dysfunction Biofeedback Blueprint of Knowledge and study of human anatomy and physiology.

The Pelvic Muscle Dysfunction Biofeedback areas include: I.

Pelvic Floor Anatomy, Assessment, and Clinical Procedures, III.

Clinical Disorders: Bowel Dysfunction, and V. Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndromes.

Benign symmetric lipomatosis ( Madelung disease ) is another condition involving lipomatosis.

The rare disease pelvic lipomatosis is most often seen in older obese black men with hypertension.

In pelvic lipomatosis, abnormally dense deposits of otherwise apparently normal fat may be observed in the spaces of the pelvic area.

* An example of aggressive pelvic lipomatosis

The tendency to develop a lipoma is not necessarily hereditary although hereditary conditions, such as familial multiple lipomatosis, may include lipoma development.

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Occasionally, the condition spreads to the upper genital tract in women ( causing pelvic inflammatory disease ) or to the epididymis in men ( causing epididymitis ).

* Chronic nonbacterial prostatitis, a pelvic pain condition affecting men

Gaynor was in serious condition with eleven broken ribs, a fractured collarbone, pelvic fractures, an injured bladder and a damaged kidney.

* Chronic pelvic pain, a medical condition

A breech presentation is defined as the condition in which the baby is in longitudinal lie and the podalic pole presenting at the pelvic brim with the head occupying upper pole of uterus.

Irritation of the endometrium may result in increased blood flow, e. g. from infection ( acute or chronic pelvic inflammatory disease ) or the contraceptive intrauterine device ( note the distinction from the IntraUterine System which is used to treat this condition ).

Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome is a rare complication of pelvic inflammatory disease ( PID ) named after the two physicians, Thomas Fitz-Hugh, Jr and Arthur Hale Curtis who first reported this condition in 1934 and 1930 respectively.

On October 1, 2009, after years of struggling with endometriosis, a condition that causes pelvic pain and has been associated with infertility, Lakshmi confirmed that she was pregnant.

The condition usually occurs when the pelvic floor collapses as a result of childbirth.