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pelvic inflammatory diseases
Sign in to saveAlso known as Inflammatory disease of female pelvic organs and/or tissues, PID, female pelvic inflammatory disease, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, Disease (PID), Pelvic Inflammatory, Pelvic Infection, Inflammatory Disease (PID), Pelvic, PID, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
infection of uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries or the inner surface of pelvis
Key facts
- Other names
- Pelvic inflammatory disorder
- Specialty
- Gynecology
- Symptoms
- Lower abdominal pain, vaginal discharge , fever , burning with urination , pain with sex , irregular menstruation
- Complications
- Infertility , ectopic pregnancy , chronic pelvic pain , cancer
- Causes
- Bacteria that spread from the vagina and cervix
- Risk factors
- Gonorrhea , chlamydia
- Diagnostic method
- Based on symptoms, ultrasound , laparoscopic surgery
- Prevention
- Not having sex , having few sexual partners, using condoms
- Treatment
- Antibiotics
- Frequency
- 1.5 percent of young women yearly
via Wikipedia infobox
Research
18,174 papers- Pelvic inflammatory diseases: Updated French guidelines.Journal of gynecology obstetrics and human reproduction · 2020
- [Pelvic inflammatory diseases].Journal de gynecologie, obstetrique et biologie de la reproduction · 2012
- [Pelvic inflammatory diseases].Gynecologie, obstetrique & fertilite · 2009
- Pelvic inflammatory disease.Disease-a-month : DM · 2016
- [Pelvic inflammatory diseases: Microbiologic diagnosis - CNGOF and SPILF Pelvic Inflammatory Diseases Guidelines].Gynecologie, obstetrique, fertilite & senologie · 2019
via PubMed
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- disease
- Image
- Blausen 0732 PID-Sites.png
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- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C3889
- health specialty
- gynaecology
- described by source
- Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
- ICPC 2 ID
- X74
- name in kana
- こつばんふくまくえん
- exact match
- identifiers.org/doid/DOID:1003
- Commons category
- Pelvic inflammatory disease
- ICD-9-CM
- 614.8
- drug or therapy used for treatment
- ceftriaxone
- facet of
- women's health
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Encyclopedic overview
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), also known as pelvic inflammatory disorder, is an infection of the upper part of the female reproductive system, mainly the uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries, and inside of the pelvis. Often, there may be no symptoms. Signs and symptoms, when present, may include lower abdominal pain, vaginal discharge, fever, burning with urination, pain with sex, bleeding after sex, or irregular menstruation. Untreated PID can result in long-term complications including infertility, ectopic pregnancy, chronic pelvic pain, and cancer.
The disease is caused by bacteria that spread from the vagina and cervix. It has been reported that infections by Neisseria gonorrhoeae or Chlamydia trachomatis are present in 75 to 90 percent of cases. However, in the UK it is reported by the NHS that infections by Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis are responsible for only a quarter of PID cases. Often, multiple different bacteria are involved.
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