Exactly What is Pelvic Inflammatory Disease?

PID refers to inflammation in a woman's genital organs, surrounding connective tissue and the pelvic peritonea. The inflammation may be very local or more widely spread.

Pelvic inflammatory disease is a very common problem for women and may be acute or chronic.

Pelvic inflammatory diseases can include :

Endometritis
Myometritis
Salpingitis - inflammation or abscessed
Salpingo-oophoritis - inflammation or abscessed
Pelvic connective tissue inflammation
Pelvic abscesses
Pelvic peritonitis

The common pathogens of pelvic inflammatory diseases are :

Staphylococcus
Streptococcus
E-coli
Gonococcus
Neisseriaceae
Bacteroids fragilis
Peptostreptococcus
Bacillus aerogenes capsulatus
Chlamydia trachomatis
Ureaplasma urealyticum
And more...

Pelvic inflammatory disease caused by sexual transmitted pathogens is the main reason for infertility. In about 50% of these females the ovarian ducts are blocked and adhesions have formed.

pelvic imflammatory disease - pid

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