Really bad pelvic pain a week after manual internal examination

[Nicjane]

Hi

I have a pelvic examination by my GP by hand where they press on ovaries and feel around for lumps nothing found which is great. I had swabs taken to rule anything out this was all precausitonary as I had no symptoms of infection during this time. She said my cervix had a lot of disahcarge which made it hard to see. Also she explained that my cervix was red. She has refered me urgently to a gyne in which i haven't been in 5 years or so. However, a few hours after this examination i had cramps which can be considered normal. Now a week on I have quite bad cramp flares and painkillers do not touch the sides. I don't know what has caused this.

Any simular stories or advice will be appreciated! xx

[Lindle]

Sorry to be blunt but did she put fingers up your vagina (and bottom?) as far as she could go and have a really good feel around high up there?

[Nicjane in reply to Lindle]

Hi yeah she went up vagina quite far but not up the bottom. I wonder why I am hurting a week on. I have had these before but never had discomfort for this long x

[MontsJ]

Just a thought, if your cervix looked abnormal and she swabbed that are I think it’s most likely related to that. I think you need to see the GP again as this new symptom may mean they want to try and get you seem sooner.

[Nicjane in reply to MontsJ]

I found out yesterday that the swabs came back normal but there could still be an underlying issue there that is not an infection.

They also gave me some anti-biotics incase its a UTI. Fingers crossed the anti-biotics will resolve this! x

[MontsJ]

Have they taken a smear?

[Nicjane in reply to MontsJ]

Yes I had my (first) smear in September and it came back normal. I believe the nurse said it all looked healthy at that time

[MontsJ]

If your cervix looks abnormal now I would have thought a repeat smear is indicated?

[Nicjane in reply to MontsJ]

I will follow that up when I see my gynaecologist on the 16th. Will be interesting to see if they can find the source of this problem

[MontsJ in reply to Nicjane]

Hope they get to the bottom of it when you next see them