Pelvic Inflammatory Disease [PID]

Alternate Name:

Test:

Vaginal swab M/C/S (+ or -), ESR (H), WCC (H),CRP (H), laparoscopy (AB), hysterosalpingo­graphy (N or AB)

Sign:

Pelvic pain, secondary dysmenorrhoea, men-strual abnormalities, dyspareunia, infertility

Dd:

Endometriosis, ovarian cysts: and neoplasms, uterine fibroids and myomas, bowel neoplasms

Phys:

May be preceded by acute intraperitoneal infec­tion