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? asked in HealthWomen's Health · 4 years ago

Pain in lower abdomen and down under the vagina down the tailbone?

I've been having this pain for a couple years now. It happens about every 3 months and lasts about an hour. I ruled out Mittelschmerz since that's not extremely painful like what I'm feeling, and it's not one sided. It's like it goes down from my lower belly all the way underneath me to my tailbone. I've had an ultrasound, and I have a slightly heart shaped uterus, but the doctor said that doesn't cause pain, and no cysts or extra tissue outside the uterus were found. The pain is so terrible I literally cannot move or I feel like I'm going to fall apart. It's not cramps because I get horrible cramps too, and they feel nothing alike. It's a piercing pain that shoots through me, as if it's almost in my bone, not my tissue, or inside Me. It also causes me to have pain there for a couple days more when I sit or stand up from sitting but not nearly as bad. And pooping makes it so much worse after a couple days, but my poop is completely normal. My periods are regular and not really heavy or super light, I'm not sexually active, and I'm not sure it has to do with my period. I'm 17 and this has been happening since I was 14. I really want to find out what's wrong but my doctor doesn't seem to believe me and thinks it's mental. But my mom has walked in me completely paralyzed (not literally but in so much pain I have to stay still) sobbing and trying not to because it even hurts to breath or it feels like I'm going to fall apart down there

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  • 4 years ago
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    If I understand your question correctly, then you are having an inside pain from your pubic bone in the front around underneath to your tailbone.

    Thinking about the site of your pain, it struck me that it is exactly the place where a muscle known as the pubococcygeus runs. The pubococcygeus is actually a subdivision of a larger muscle known as the levator ani. As you might guess from their names, the pubocoxxygeus runs from your pubic bone back to your tail bone (aka the coccyx) and the levator ani "keeps your anus off the floor." These muscles form the floor of the pelvis. They keep your organs up inside your body cavity and respond to pressure changes in your body cavity - for example, when you stand up or go to the bathroom.

    So, I thought that you might be getting some sort of muscle spasms in the muscles, which would cause the initial pain, and make the muscles sore for some days, which would trigger the lingering pain when the muscles were stressed later.

    When I searched for a site to give you as a reference for these things, I was surprised to discover that there is actually a "levator ani syndrome" that seems to perfectly match your description. See the bottom of the page at the link.

    If you think the info at the link describes the affected muscles and your experiences, then feel free to show your mom and even to print out the part about levator ani syndrome to show your doctor. If you have seen an OB/GYN about this, I would probably expect that they would have thought of this syndrome. If it was a GP or a pediatrician, then maybe they wouldn't have heard of this.

    BTW: the Kegel exercises that are mentioned at the link are contractions of the muscle more or less in the same way you squeeze to stop the flow of urine. Next time you have this pain, as the link suggests you can try doing that to see if it helps.

    HTH and that you can get some relief. BTW: since we cannot vote for best answers anymore, I would appreciate it if you could pick a best answer for your question. I think you get points back for choosing a best answer.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Normal for mensus.

  • 4 years ago

    you may apply hot water packs to the lower stomach and lower back to reduce the pain.

  • 4 years ago

    There's nothing you really can do besides keep going to doctors until someone takes you seriously. (Go to a different doctor and get a second opinion) Or next time this happens go to the emergency room maybe you will be taken seriously there.

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