As with any medical condition, your physician will begin by taking a detailed medical history. You will be asked a number of specific questions about your:
- General health
- Previous pregnancies (if any)
- Menstrual history
- Experience with abnormal bleeding, pain, or other reproductive system issues
- Diet
- Previous illnesses
- Exercise and health-related conditions that run in your family
As part of your diagnostic workup, the doctor will per-form a thorough pelvic examination, which will include both a bimanual and a rectovaginal examination. Neither of these procedures should be strange to you because they are the exams your doctor normally conducts during your annual gynecological visit.