Sexual Health & STDs: Causes & Risks

  • PID - The Leading Culprits

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    01/01/03, PDR.net

    PID is usually caused by more than one kind of bacteria. The bugs most commonly involved are the sexually transmitted bacteria Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis. (Up to 40 percent of women with untreated chlamydia develop PID.) However

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  • PID Risk Factors

    Article
    01/01/03, PDR.net

    Because its two most common causes are both sexually transmitted, sexual activity is by far the greatest single risk factor for PID. Youth also increases the odds; roughly 75 percent of all cases of PID occur in sexually active women under 25 years

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  • Why PID Is Dangerous

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    01/01/03, PDR.net

    If PID were merely an annoying infection that could be cleared up by antibiotics with no lingering or long-term effects, it wouldn't deserve further discussion. But PID is much more than an annoyance. If the infection moves up the reproductive tract

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