Results of a randomized controlled trial of a brief behavioral intervention for
pelvic inflammatory disease in adolescents
Many people don't know they have
pelvic inflammatory disease in its earlier stages.
If gonorrhea is left untreated, it can lead to
pelvic inflammatory disease in females and epididymitis in males, both of which are conditions that can affect fertility.
Not exact matches
For instance,
pelvic inflammatory disease is an infection
in the upper reproductive system that can prevent ovulation and pregnancy.
These are most commonly seen
in women who have
pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) due to a chlamydial infection.
Such symptomless infections, most common
in women, can cause
pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy and infertility, as well as increase the transmission of the HIV virus.
In fact, douching has been linked to infections (such as bacterial vaginosis, yeast, and even
pelvic inflammatory disease) as well as vaginal irritation.
«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.
Inflammation is a background problem
in other conditions that affect fertility too, such as endometriosis, fibroids, infection (such as the scar tissue of
pelvic inflammatory disease), and the insulin block of polycystic ovary syndrome.
Of course one must also consider the possibility of serious medical disorders such as uterine fibroids,
pelvic inflammatory disease, or, most commonly, endometriosis, disorders that tend to be overlooked
in young girls
in early menses.
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).
Some of the reported side effects are infertility, internal inflammation, birth of a child with birth defect, embedment
in the uterus,
pelvic inflammatory disease, and many others.
The bacteria that cause gonorrhea are evolving faster than we can develop effective antibiotics against them, and a return to the era of untreatable gonorrhea could see a rise
in the particularly nasty complications that arise from a long - term gonorrheal infection, such as
pelvic inflammatory disease and epididymitis.