Acute Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Symtopms

With Acute Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID):

• severe pain and tenderness in the lower abdomen with vaginal discharge, often accompanied by fever.

With chronic PID:

• mild, recurrent pain in the lower abdomen, sometimes accompanied by backache or irregular menstrual periods.
• pain during intercourse.
• infertility.
• irregular menstrual periods.
• heavy, unpleasant-smelling vaginal discharge

Call Your Doctor If :

you experience sudden abdominal pain with or without fever; it may indicate acute pelvic inflammatory disease or another serious condition that requires immediate medical attention, such as appendicitis, endometriosis, a ruptured ovarian cyst, or an ectopic pregnancy.

you experience any abnormal menstrual bleeding; you may have pelvic inflammatory disease or another serious condition, such as endometriosis or cervical cancer.

you experience a vaginal discharge that is foul-smelling or unusually heavy; you may have pelvic inflammatory disease or another condition that requires medical treatment, such as vaginal, uterine, or cervical problems, or a sexually transmitted disease.

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