perineal pain

Six weeks later, the patient was febrile, with perineal pain and oral candidosis.

If the perineal pain is positional (changes with the patient's position, for example sitting or standing), this suggests a tunnel syndrome.

Perineodynia means perineal pain and includes vulvodynia and proctalgia fugax.

In extreme cases, Pudendal Nerve Entrapment can be a source of intractable perineal pain.

Interstitial cystitis is a bladder and urinary tract disorder which presents as chronic pelvic and perineal pain.

Having an episiotomy may increase perineal pain during postpartum recovery, resulting in trouble defecating, particularly in midline episiotomies.

If the pudendal nerve becomes entrapped between this ligament and the sacrospinous ligament causing perineal pain, the sacrotuberous ligament is surgically severed to relieve the pain.

Other researchers concluded that abnormal perineal descent did not correlate with constipation or perineal pain, and there are also conflicting reports of the correlation of fecal incontinence with this condition.

Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) is characterised by pelvic or perineal pain without evidence of urinary tract infection, lasting longer than 3 months, as the key symptom.

A case series of 4 female mountain bike riders and 2 female horse riders found both patient-reported perineal pain and evidence of sub-clinical changes in the clitoris; the relevance of these findings to horse riding is unknown.