Signs of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a term used to refer to an infection of the female reproductive system organs, including: salpingitis, myometritis, endometritis, pyosalpinx, oophoritis, tubo-ovarian abscesses and pelviperitonitis.

In most cases it develops through the acquisition of STDs, with gonorrhea and chlamydia, the two most common causes.

The abortion or miscarriage and complications of childbirth or pelvic surgery can also cause some pelvic infections.

In USA, this problem is very severe, as pelvic inflammatory disease reaches epidemic levels, especially in young women under 25 years and adolescents and it is suspected that the condition is diagnosed and treated only in about half of women since in many cases are asymptomatic.

If scar tissue blocks some of the tubes, can prevent conception or whether the egg is fertilized, but also can cause a fertilized egg cannot pass into the uterus, which would result in a tubal pregnancy, ie outside the uterus, which threatens the life of the mother and child and always leads to surgery to cut the tube and prevent the advance of pregnancy.

The bacteria that cause pelvic inflammatory disease most often are:

  • Neisseria gonorrhoeae causes gonorrhea.
  • Chlamydia trachomatis causes chlamydia.
  • Esterichia coli.
  • Streptococcus.
  • Gardenella vaginalis
  • Mycoplasma hominis.
  • Ureaplasma urealyticum.
  • Mobiluncus.
  • Bacteroides.
  • Prevotella.
  • Peptoestreptococcus.
  • Actinomycosis