Research In Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
This articles looks at the statistics and research with Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, and discusses its implications.
Many women suffer from misdiagnoses? and years of pain, which they soon discover after a bit of research, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease is responsible for. PID is an inflammation and infection in the woman?s reproductive organs, including the uterus, fallopian tubes (which carry the eggs from the ovary to the uterus), and/or the ovaries as well as any other organs that are related to reproduction.
The organs can become scarred, resulting in infertility, chronic pelvic pain, abscesses, ectopic pregnancy and other serious health concerns. Because of the prevalence of the disease and the consequences to women researchers continue to look for ways to improve the treatment protocols.
It has been said that PID is the most common cause of infertility in the United States, which could have been treated. Canadian statistics show that it is likely that one in 10 women will actually have at least one case of PID in their lives. Gonorrhea and Chlamydia are 2 of the most common causes of the disease, although there are other bacteria which can be responsible.
Women who are at the most risk for PID are those who are also at risk for sexually transmitted infections, as well as those who have already had an episode with PID. Women under the age of 25 who are sexually active are more susceptible due to the cervix, (which is the opening to the uterus), of teens and young women being more at risk of sexually transmitted infections. It is believed that their cervixes are not fully matured, which puts them at more risk of infection.
The rest of this article on research on PID can be found at the Acute Pelvic Inflammatory Disease website.
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