Sentences with phrase «including pelvic inflammatory disease»

«Complications of untreated chlamydia include pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy, and infertility,» says Dr. Jeff Kwong, MD, senior scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences in Toronto and a coauthor of the study, published in the Annals of Family Medicine.

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A painful menstrual period can be caused by a number of health problems, including endometriosis, fibroids and other abnormal growths in the uterus and pelvic inflammatory disease.

Causes for pooping problems include neurologic problems, pelvic injury, obstruction (by hair, bones, etc.), pain (especially in the low back), and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).

So far, the best evidence indicates that douching is correlated with a number of diseases and other problems, including sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), bacterial vaginosis, pelvic inflammatory disease, fertility and pregnancy complications, and more.

Sexually transmitted infection measures included the following: (1) chlamydia, based on positive test at follow - up; (2) new HSV - 2 infections based on positive test at follow - up after a negative test at enrollment; (3) self - report of STIs (chlamydia, gonorrhea, HSV - 2, genital warts, T vaginalis, and pelvic inflammatory disease) during the follow - up period; and (4) medical chart review for positive chlamydia, gonorrhea, or HSV - 2 tests during the follow - up period.