This website has been brilliant! I've been having pudendal nerve pain symptoms for about 9 months which I think was caused by (embarassingly
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Isha
Isha, pudendal nerve compression often RESULTS IN constipation, not vice versa. For many of us, the first symptom of PN was chronic constipation. So I wouldn't beat myself up about it. If you cast your mind back, can you think of anything else that may have damaged/irritated/compressed your nerve, such as a difficult labour, a fall, weight lifting, biking, etc.?Isha wrote: I've been having pudendal nerve pain symptoms for about 9 months which I think was caused by (embarassingly) a bout of chronic constipation. I've read this can inflame the nerve, etc.