Surgery & Antibiotics Inappropriate for Treating Pelvic

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Received from David Wise, an announcement he has posted on his website warning against surgery and antibiotics after having heard many stories of men who, suffering from pelvic pain, went to doctors who did not understand their problem and have given them legions of antibiotics and/or done surgery.

The Inappropriate Use of Surgery and Antibiotics in Treating Pelvic Pain

Those of us who developed the Stanford/Wise-Anderson Protocol involved in treating patients with pelvic pain of presumed neuromuscular origin, particularly when the pain arises from a chronically contracted pelvic floor with active trigger points, no evidence of infection, and no anatomical abnormality, have never seen a satisfactory surgical intervention. We have seen patients who have undergone multiple surgeries in a vain attempt to eradicate their problem. In fact for these conditions, surgery, in our experience, has often hurt the patient, complicated management of their condition and often created new pain and made it more difficult to treat the original pain and dysfunction. We strongly advise against surgery for the kind of pelvic pain we describe on this website and in our book, A Headache in the Pelvis. Furthermore, pelvic pain with no evidence of infection rarely responds to antibiotic treatment, and we have occasionally seen patients suffer increased problems from antibiotic treatment, particularly when antibiotics are given over long periods of time.

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Nice reminder....I feel for some of the men who have had horrible surgeries or had their prostate removed or messed with in hopes of healing this condition. Damn shame!

Ss