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Five persistent myths about chronic pelvic pain — Myths and facts

Medically reviewed by Dr Renaud Bollens — Professor of Urology

Myths and facts

Separating myth from fact on chronic pelvic pain myths, because the myths are what keep patients undiagnosed for years.

Myth: a normal scan means nothing is wrong. In nerve pain a normal scan is expected, not reassuring.

Myth: pelvic pain is psychological when tests are negative. Pain that follows a nerve territory and changes with posture is anatomical, whatever the tests showed.

Myth: nothing can be done. For a compressed nerve, decompression is a real, established surgical option in the right patient.

A structured specialist review replaces guesswork with a mechanism — or rules our field out entirely.