Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
What is Pelvic Inflammatory
Disease?
 (known to medical professionals) as PID is an
infection that affects a woman’s reproductive
system.
 Exists when disease causing organisms (bacteria)
migrate from the urethra & cervix into upper genital
tract.
 PID only occurs in women, primarily in Caucasian
women & is contracted by the STD’s gonorrhea &
Chlamydia.
Symptoms of PID:
 Pain in lower
abdominal region
disassociated with a
period.
 Fever
 Can range from subtle
&mild to sudden
onset of moderate to
severe pain
 Unusual vaginal
discharge that may
have a foul odor
 Pain during
intercourse
 Irregular menstrual
bleeding.
 Back pain
 Urinary discomfort
 Pain during a pelvic
exam
Patho-physiology of PID:
 Bacterial Chlamydia & gonorrhea
enter woman’s genital tract &
move toward the cervix.
 Penetrates cervical mucus which
protects against spread of
microorganisms, having access to
upper genital tract of women,
infecting uterus, ovaries, fallopian
tubes, & other structures in the
pelvic cavity.
Risk Factors Associated with
PID,
 Women who are at risk
of PID are those who
engage in unprotected
sexual activity.
 Women who have
multiple sex partners.
 Women who have sex
with partner who reports
symptoms of an STD.
 Women who have
experienced previous
pelvic infections
 Sexually active
women under age
25; statistics show
sexually active
teenage girls are
more likely to
develop PID than
are older women
Diagnosing PID:
 Often difficult
 1 million women
because symptoms
experience an episode of
can be mild
PID per year
 Perform physical
 20% of PID diagnosed
exam (pelvic exam),
women are hospitalized
pelvic ultrasound, &
for treatment
sometimes
 Medical reports indicate
laparoscopy
 In U.S. PID affects
11% of women of
reproductive age
PID causes 2.5 million
office visits & 125150,000 hospitalizations
a year
Results of PID:
 Can be life threatening
 Causes complications of conception, pregnancy,
& fertility
 Inflammation of fallopian tubes
 Scarring of abdominal cavity tissue
 Scarring of fallopian tubes, causing blockage
which can lead to ectopic pregnancy (tubal
conception)
 Diagnosed women have 6-10 times increase of
ectopic pregnancy
 Causes high pregnancy-related deaths among
African American
Created by: Melissa Richard
References
 <http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/stpid.htm>
 <http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1774.html
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 <http://www.4woman.gov/faqstdpids.htm>
 <http://my.webmd.com/hw/chronicpelvicpain/hw
43423.asp>