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Any Ideas For Severe Abdominal & Pelvic Pain And The Need Of Shunt In Draining Spinal Fluid From Head To The Abdomen?
hello, I have been having sever abdominal pain and pelvic pain. I went to the er where they did a ct scan. They said I had fluid in my pelvis but didn't see anything else. The did a pelvic check, std screening, and an ultrasound to check for cysts. This was almost a month ago. I am still having terrible pain. Also I just had a shunt put in that drains my spinal fluid from my head to my abdomen. Went to Neurosurgeon , they didn't think that the shunt had anything to do with the pain. Any ideas?
Hi. This is true that shunt fluid draining in abdomen is not the cause for pain. But Ct Scan showing fluid in pelvis means pelvic infection or PID ( pelvic inflammatory disease ).Sometimes this fluid can be pus also,which causes severe pain. You can start antibiotics after consulting your dr.along with anti-inflammatory drugs.If still not releived your dr. may take fluid from PID and then start treatment after proper culture sensitivity. Thanks.
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Any Ideas For Severe Abdominal & Pelvic Pain And The Need Of Shunt In Draining Spinal Fluid From Head To The Abdomen?
Hi. This is true that shunt fluid draining in abdomen is not the cause for pain. But Ct Scan showing fluid in pelvis means pelvic infection or PID ( pelvic inflammatory disease ).Sometimes this fluid can be pus also,which causes severe pain. You can start antibiotics after consulting your dr.along with anti-inflammatory drugs.If still not releived your dr. may take fluid from PID and then start treatment after proper culture sensitivity. Thanks.