Anyone experiencing prostatitis-like pelvic pain?
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 2:33 am
Hi
Just wondering if anyone else was suffering from pelvic pain which has been attributed to MS and if they have had any luck with treatments.
I am PPMS (10 years) and have been experiencing bouts of excruciating pelvic pain for the last 2 years. The doctors have gone down the prostatis road and I have had all the relevant tests which have not come up with any conclusive results apart from a slightly enlarged prostate. The urologist said that my symptoms were atypical for prostatis due to their episodic nature.
The pain sessions last about 30 - 40 minutes and are usually related to either needing to urinate or post urination. They can also be exacerbated by other factors such as cold and anxiety. From what I have read I have a dyssynergic or "conflicting" bladder combined with a "small spastic bladder" but tests have shown that urinary retention is normal.
Initially the pain would come as I was falling asleep and I had great success with Sativex which dulled the pain and sent to me to sleep really well. However the pain sessions are coming throughout the day and night now, and usually occur before or after urination (but there do not seem to be any hard and fast rules)
I have an appointment with my GP coming up to discuss the problem and see if we can decide if it is prostate or MS/bladder in origin and look for other treatments.
Any advice would be very much appreciated.
Many thanks
Will
Just wondering if anyone else was suffering from pelvic pain which has been attributed to MS and if they have had any luck with treatments.
I am PPMS (10 years) and have been experiencing bouts of excruciating pelvic pain for the last 2 years. The doctors have gone down the prostatis road and I have had all the relevant tests which have not come up with any conclusive results apart from a slightly enlarged prostate. The urologist said that my symptoms were atypical for prostatis due to their episodic nature.
The pain sessions last about 30 - 40 minutes and are usually related to either needing to urinate or post urination. They can also be exacerbated by other factors such as cold and anxiety. From what I have read I have a dyssynergic or "conflicting" bladder combined with a "small spastic bladder" but tests have shown that urinary retention is normal.
Initially the pain would come as I was falling asleep and I had great success with Sativex which dulled the pain and sent to me to sleep really well. However the pain sessions are coming throughout the day and night now, and usually occur before or after urination (but there do not seem to be any hard and fast rules)
I have an appointment with my GP coming up to discuss the problem and see if we can decide if it is prostate or MS/bladder in origin and look for other treatments.
Any advice would be very much appreciated.
Many thanks
Will