Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
What is Pelvic Inflammatory Disease?
Pelvic inflammatory disease, or "PID" is an infection of a woman's pelvic organs which include the uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries.
Bacteria causes pelvic inflammatory disease. Bacteria can move upward, from a woman's vagina or cervix - which isthe opening to the uterus, or womb - into her fallopian tubes, ovaries and uterus, which then cause an infection. Many types of bacteria can cause pelvic inflammatory disease. But bacteria found in two common sexually transmitted diseases - chlamydia and gonorrhea - are the most frequent causes of pelvic inflammatory disease.
After a woman becomes infected, it can take from a few days to a few months to developpelvic inflammatory disease.
The major symptoms ofpelvic inflammatory disease are lower abdominal pain and abnormal vaginal discharge.
Other symptomsof pelvic inflammatory disease may include one or more of the following; fever, pain in the right upper abdomen,pain during vaginal intercourse, and irregular menstrual bleeding.
Pelvic inflammatory disease, particularly when caused by chlamydia, may produce only minor symptoms or no symptoms at all, even though it can seriously damage the reproductive organs.
Untreated,pelvic inflammatory disease causes scarring and can lead to infertility, tubal pregnancy, chronic pelvic pain, and other serious problems.
Pelvic inflammatory disease is more common and more aggressive in HIV+ women than in uninfected women.Pelvic inflammatory disease may become a chronic and relapsing condition as a woman's immune system deteriorates.
Women can play an active role in protecting themselves from pelvic inflammatorydisease by following these steps and precautions:
* Call your doctor if you have discharge with odor or bleeding between cycles.
* Use either male or female condoms during sex.
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