Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

🔬Causes & Risk Factors

• 1Most commonly caused by sexually transmitted bacteria
• 2particularly chlamydia and gonorrhea
• 3which ascend from the lower genital tract into the uterus
• 4fallopian tubes
• 5and ovaries. Risk factors include multiple sexual partners
• 6unprotected intercourse
• 7a prior history of pelvic inflammatory disease or sexually transmitted infection
• 8young age at first intercourse
• 9and recent insertion of an intrauterine device. Delayed treatment of lower genital tract infections significantly increases the risk of ascending infection.