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Early Career Change After Dismissing Pain
- Georgine Lamvu describes an early-career failure: she admitted being dismissive of patients with pelvic pain.
- She changed her career focus to learn and better treat pelvic pain after recognizing that harm.
Updated Definition Of Chronic Pelvic Pain
- Chronic pelvic pain is pain below the umbilicus lasting >6 months and often includes menstrual pain (dysmenorrhea).
- The newer definition is flexible and allows clinician and patient input when symptoms cause major disability.
Use An Organ-System Framework
- Organize your differential by organ systems (bladder, bowel, musculoskeletal, reproductive, neurologic) instead of listing many diagnoses.
- Screen which organ systems have symptoms to target testing and treatment efficiently.