See Also: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease(health)
pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)(encyclopedia)
pelvic inflammatory disease(medicine)
disease, pelvic inflammatory(medicine)
Disease, pelvic inflammatory (PID)(health)
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)(health)
inflammatory gallbladder disease(medicine)
inflammatory bowel disease(medicine)
Bowel disease, inflammatory(health)
Disease, inflammatory bowel(health)

Disease, pelvic inflammatory (PID) (health)


Despite its seeming lack of gender, this term is applied to women only. PID refers exclusively to ascending infection of the female upper genital tract (the female structures above the cervix). PID is the most common and serious complication of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), aside from AIDS, among women. The signs and symptoms of PID include fever, foul-smelling vaginal discharge, extreme pain, including pain during intercourse, and vaginal bleeding. PID can scar the fallopian tubes, ovaries, and related structures and lead to ectopic pregnancies, infertility, chronic pelvic pain, and other serious consequences.