Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Definition: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Noun

1. Inflammation of the female pelvic organs (especially the Fallopian tubes) caused by infection by any of several microorganisms (chiefly gonococci and chlamydia); symptoms are abdominal pain and fever and foul-smelling vaginal discharge.

Specialty Definitions: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Specialty Definition: Pelvic inflammatory disease

Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)is a generic term for infection of the female uterus, fallopian tubes, and/or ovaries. PID is a common result of infection with sexually transmitted diseases.

In the United States, more than one million women are affected by PID each year, and the rate is highest among teenagers. Approximately 50,000 women become infertile in the US each year from PID [1]

The most common symptoms of PID are pain in the lower abdomen and abnormal vaginal discharge. Other symptoms that may sometimes be noticed include fever, painful intercourse, or irregular menstrual bleeding. It is important to note that PID can occur and cause serious harm without causing any noticeable symptoms.

Although the PID infection itself may be cured, effects of the infection may be permanent.

PID can cause scarring inside the reproductive organs, which can later cause serious complications, including chronic pelvic pain, difficulty becoming pregnant, ectopic pregnancy (tubal pregnancy, which occurs when the fetus begins to grow in the fallopian tube instead of the uterus. This can be fatal), and other dangerous complications of pregnancy.

Prevention methods include:

Using condoms
Going to the doctor immediately if symptoms of PID, sexually transmitted diseases appear, or after learning that a current or former sex partner has, or might have had, sexually transmitted disease
Getting regular gynecological (pelvic) exams to screen for symptomless PID

External links

"Chlamydia: What Young Women Need to Know" http://www.nutricise.com/servlet/article/5829.html
Fact sheet on Pelvic Inflammatory Disease from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease. http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/stdpid.htm

Commercial Usage: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Domain	Title
References	The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Photo Album: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

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	Untreated, chlamydia can cause severe, costly reproductive and other health problems including both short- and long-term consequences, i.e. pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), infertility, and potentially fatal tubal pregnancy.Credit: CDC.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		This type of infection is called pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). (references)
		In women, gonorrhea is a common cause of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). (references)
		Untreated gonorrhea in women can develop into pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). (references)
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Modern Translations: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Language		Translations for "pelvic inflammatory disease"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Dutch		adnexitis (adnexitis). (various references)

French		maladie inflammatoire du pelvis(MIP). (various references)

Pig Latin		elvicpay inflammatoryay iseaseday

Spanish		enfermedad inflamatoria pelviana(EIP). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Alternative Orthography: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Domain	Definitions
Medicine	A bacteriological disease sometimes associated with intrauterine device(IUD)usage. Source: European Union. (references)
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Expression	Frequency per Day
pelvic inflammatory disease	435
pelvic inflammatory disease pid	25
pelvic inflammatory disease symptom	20
pelvic inflammatory disease treatment	3
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Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Definition: Pelvic Inflammatory Disease