Sexual Health & STDs: Complications

  • PID Treatment Options

    01/01/03, PDR.net

    Since PID infection is almost always caused by more than one kind of bacteria, your doctor will most likely prescribe a combination of antibiotics. Less than one woman in four is hospitalized for PID; so unless your infection is severe enough to nee

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  • Sex and Your Medicine Cabinet

    09/01/06, The Berman Center

    We know that popping a pill can help your sex life. However, far fewer of us realize that some of the medications we take can interfere with sex.…

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  • Why PID Is Dangerous

    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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  • Gonorrhea - What Happens

    05/09/07, Healthwise

    Gonorrhea causes no long-term problems if it is treated early in the course of the infection before any complications develop. Left untreated, gonorrhea can lead to serious complications.

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  • Bacterial Vaginosis - What Happens

    03/17/08, Healthwise

    Bacterial vaginosis often clears up on its own. But in some women it doesn't go away on its own, and for many women it comes back after it has cleared up. Antibiotic treatment works for some women but not others.

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