Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Conditions and Diseases Women's Health

Pelvic inflammatory disease (often abbreviated as PID) is a result of untreated infections, most commonly chlamydia and gonorrhea. It most commonly appears as an infection of the fallopian tubes (salpingitis) or the lining of the uterus (endometritis) and can cause extensive pelvic scarring. It can lead to such complications as infertility, higher risk of ectopic (tubal) pregnancy and chronic pelvic pain.

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• Pelvic Inflammatory Disease - About.com - Discussion about the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of pelvic conditions and diseases inflammatory disease (PID).
• eMedicine Health - Pelvic Inflammatory Disease - Consumer health resource center providing information on the conditions and diseases causes, symptoms, and treatment of this condition.
• Fact Sheet: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease - Information about PID from the National Institute of conditions and diseases Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
• Alternatives to Hysterectomy: Chronic Pelvic Inflammatory Disease - Surgical and other treatment options for severe pelvic pelvic inflammatory disease inflammatory disease which may avoid the need for pelvic inflammatory disease hysterectomy.
• Medinfo: Pelvic inflammatory disease - Easy to understand information for patients on Pelvic inflammatory disease, a long lasting (chronic) infection affecting the womb (uterus), the tubes which deliver eggs to the womb (fallopian tubes) and the nearby structures in the lower abdomen.
• Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) - Causes, testing, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of pelvic pelvic inflammatory disease conditions and diseases inflammatory disease.

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