Diagnose and treat STDs or any infection of the female genital tract immediately. The main symptom of infection is an abnormal discharge. Barrier contraceptives help prevent infection.
no, Pelvic inflammatory disease in not life threatening.
Both gonorrhea and chlamydia may cause pelvic inflammatory disease. Many cases occur without chlamydia or gonorrhea, though.
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
Chlamydia may cause fatigue, particularly if the infection is causing pelvic inflammatory disease or other complications.
The medical term for inflammation of a fallopian tube is salpingitis. This condition can result from infections such as pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) or sexually transmitted infections (STIs) like gonorrhea or chlamydia. Symptoms may include pelvic pain, abnormal vaginal discharge, and fever.
Pain during menstruation. May be caused by pelvic inflammatory disease (a rather nonspecific diagnosis) or by endometriosis (where endometrial tissue occurs NOT in the uterus).
Only Females can get this and one way to prevent it is not to have sexual intercorse too often.
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Diagnosis of PID may also be done using a laparoscope, but laparoscopy is expensive, and it is an invasive procedure that carries some risk for the patient.
Inflammatory bowel disease may cause growth of polyps and pseudo-polyps
It is an inflammatory bowl disease. It usually affects the intestines, but may occur anywhere from the mouth to the anus.
IUD usage is strongly associated with the development of PID. Bacteria may be introduced to the uterus while the IUD is being inserted or may travel up the tail of the IUD from the cervix into the uterus.