[Nightspring]

This is hard question to ask because it is so personal. For nearly a year now I have had what started being pressure pains in my vagina and is sharp satbbing pain, this happens quite often. I am not pregnant nor do I have any STD's. I don't have to do any activities for this to occur what could it be? I have had several doctors look @ me and they cannot figure this out. Could you help me?

[ROLCAM]

Personal questions are as easy to ask as any other questions.

This article might help you:

Pelvic inflammatory disease, often referred to as PID, is an infection of the female reproductive system. It affects a woman's uterus and fallopian tubes, both of which are located in the pelvic cavity. PID is caused by several bacteria, particularly the ones that cause gonorrhea and chlamydia. In most cases, the bacteria enter a woman's body during sexual intercourse with an infected male. About 1 million women are treated for PID each year in the United States. If untreated, the disease can lead to infertility and, in rare cases, death.

Many patients with acute PID experience symptoms during or shortly after their menstrual period. Symptoms include lower abdominal pain, vaginal discharge, fever, and nausea. Patients notice tenderness of the uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries upon examination by a physician. In severe cases, patients may have an abscess (collection of pus) in the infected area. If the abscess ruptures, a large amount of bacteria may be released into the bloodstream and cause death. PID also is a primary risk factor for ectopic, or tubal, pregnancy, a potentially fatal condition in which a fertilized egg starts developing in a fallopian tube instead of in the uterus.

Women with mild cases of PID can be treated with antibiotics as outpatients. Those with severe PID should be hospitalized and given antibiotics intravenously. Patients with an abscess may need surgery.

Contributor: Patrick Duff, M.D. Prof. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Univ. of Florida College of Medicine.

It is imperative that you get your doctor to refer you to a specialist.
They must determine as to what is causing you so much pain.
Good luck.

[simoneaugie]

Is the pain inside, in your vagina? If so, do you have regular bowel movements? Feces can sometimes be felt pressing against the vagina, gas too. This can really hurt. I know, now we've moved from one icky personal question to another.

The word vagina is often used in reference to both inside and outside of the body. That's why I asked.

[shazamataz]

Is the pain constant or only when pressure is applied?

[Nightspring]

The pain has no ryme or reason it comes and goes. It happens the whole month whenever laying down, sittingm satnding, etc...

[nobabes]

The pain your describing, I had for a yr before I did anything about it, it was chlamydia and now I am infertile... get checked out!

[TINAMK]

No no no, I had this the other day, and all it was, was I needed to, use stool softener and make a bowel movement and the pain was done, SHE DOES NOTTTTTTT have std's good grief!. she needs to make a good bowel movement and she will be fine... when I had mine the other day, the pain was so bad, and it shot a dagger, stabbing pain threw my vagina, and I couldn't stand or sit, my husband held me, and I was jumping out of my seat... it was GASSSSSSSSSSSS not STD