I've been plagued with vagina pain and “sensations†for 7 weeks now along with shivers and hyper sensitive skin to my upper spine lower back buttocks and legs. More recently my sacral and lumbar area is sore achy and any weight on it is very uncomfortable. Sciatica type symptoms to both sides too.
I've been so sick with worry I had some rare nerve disorder that effects the genitals because that was the first place my symptoms presented.
It's morphed to more or a back issue now but with pain inside and outside of my vagina.
I've searched and searched and could not find any thing that would send referred pain to the genitals. Then I found this and it's very common with menopause due to Oestrogen deficiency and can be treat at least in part by HRT which I'm now taking.
My knees back and ankles have been crunching and snapping for years no pain just terrible noise.
I've been slumped at a pc desk for 19 years and did no exercise at all.
I had a women's Physio Therapist examine me and test trigger points for the pudendal nerve (the nerve that supplies genitals and anus ) and was told no issues to the nerve, but stil could not work out why I had genital pain and sensations. Then I found this article .
So *drum roll* here is my most likely diagnosis which I can now persue
Lumbar Degenerative Disk Disease Clinical Presentation
Updated: Aug 31, 2018
History
The patient's history is an extremely valuable tool for identifying the intervertebral disk as the nociceptive source. Classic historic features are associated with a diskogenic etiology of mechanical low lumbar complaints. The clinician must ask several key questions to elicit the information necessary for correct diagnosis. These questions address events that cause the symptoms, the location and nature of the symptoms, any exacerbating and mitigating factors or positions, and the patients' medical and surgical history. Often, a nociceptive source of back pain is not found. [15]
Patients with diskogenic pain typically describe an inciting traumatic event resulting in sudden forced flexion and/or rotational moment; however, some patients describe a spontaneous onset of symptoms.
Symptoms, usually isolated in the low lumbar region and buttocks, can vary, with referral to the lower thoracic and/or upper lumbar region, abdomen, flanks, groin, genitals, thighs, knees, calves, ankles, feet, and toes.
Classic diskogenic pain is exacerbated by activities that load the disk, such as sitting, arising from a seated position, awaking in the morning, lumbar flexion with and without rotation/twisting, lifting, vibration (eg, riding in a car), coughing, sneezing, laughing, and the Valsalva maneuver.
Symptoms are mitigated by lying on the side with hips and knees flexed (fetal position), by changing positions frequently, and/or by engaging in activity.
Diskogenic pain is usually described as aching; however, a wide spectrum of adjectives can be reported from soreness to stabbing pain.
Patients with a surgical history of lumbar arthrodesis, lumbar diskectomy, or lumbar laminectomy have changes in lumbar spine biomechanics resulting in susceptibility to diskogenic disease. [16]
The patient's medical history should be investigated with specific inquiry directed toward a personal history of cancer, arthritis, or infection or systemic disease that could increase risk of infection.
The review of systems should include assessments for fever, incontinence, symptoms suggestive of metastasis or metabolic disease, and psychological issues including depression and drug use or abuse.[\i]
I feel like a load has been lifted I honestly do 👍
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Topic: Lumbar Degenerative Disk Disease (Read 2925 times)