Pelvic Inflammatory Disease is the leading preventable cause of infertility among women due to blocked tubes. It causes infection and inflammation of a woman's reproductive organs which further create scarring that affect her fertility. If you want to be able to have a child one day, you need to learn more about this scary thing that is pelvic inflammatory disease.
The number of women who suffer from this disease is very hard to know. After all, it is called a silent disease because the symptoms can be so mild that no help is sought or a woman doesn't even show symptoms. Then there are the women with acute pelvic inflammatory disease. The CDC reckons that number at about 1,000,000 a year. How many really suffer from this disease? Who knows? But it is much more than the one million acute sufferers.
While we have no way to know the actual number of women who catch this disease each year, we do know it is more than the one million acute cases. A conservative figure of 12% is given as the amount of these women who end up with blocked tubes and infertility. Just using that on the one million acute cases number, you can see that 120,000 women end up infertile each year. Some authorities give the percentage as 20% which would mean at least 200,000 women. That doesn't count in all the silent sufferers and to do so would make those numbers very scary indeed. Add to this the infertility chances given to women who go through this for the third time, 50%, and it could make even the stoutest soul cry.
While any woman may get pelvic inflammatory disease, those most at risk are 25 and under. Why? Because the cervix in this age group is not mature yet and allows bacteria and other organisms that can cause PID to get through. Some possible sources of these bacteria are getting an STI, douching or exams/surgeries.
Pelvic inflammatory disease leads to other problems besides infertility due to the scarring it causes. You are at greater risk for ectopic pregnancy as well as abscesses, adhesions and chronic pain. PID may not be easy to diagnose but it is fairly easy to treat. Antibiotics are used but you need to be sure all the bacteria are eradicated. Having the disease once also makes it easier for you to get it again. Regular check ups by your doctor are a very good idea besides taking other precautions to be sure you don't partake in the activities that increase your likelihood of getting it.
Unfortunately for a woman who already had PID and has blocked tubes, this information won't help much. What recourse do you have now? While your doctor will probably suggest IVF, check out tubal surgery to repair your blocked tubes instead. It is less expensive and doesn't mess with your body like IVF does. You may discover tubal surgery for blocked tubes is the best action you can take.
In tubal surgery, the bad part of your fallopian tube will be removed. Then depending upon where it is the surgeon will sew together what is left or create a new fimbrial end. In PID many times the fimbrial end is what is scarred. Once the repairs are made and you recover, you can go on to have your child, or children, the natural way. If you research the topic, you will see that tubal surgery has better chance of succeeding than IVF
While you do want to do your best to avoid PID if you can, the second best thing is to catch it early and get treatment. If however you have discovered you are now infertile due to blocked tubes caused by pelvic inflammatory disease, then seek out a tubal surgeon for tubal surgery to remove the blockage. - 16083
The number of women who suffer from this disease is very hard to know. After all, it is called a silent disease because the symptoms can be so mild that no help is sought or a woman doesn't even show symptoms. Then there are the women with acute pelvic inflammatory disease. The CDC reckons that number at about 1,000,000 a year. How many really suffer from this disease? Who knows? But it is much more than the one million acute sufferers.
While we have no way to know the actual number of women who catch this disease each year, we do know it is more than the one million acute cases. A conservative figure of 12% is given as the amount of these women who end up with blocked tubes and infertility. Just using that on the one million acute cases number, you can see that 120,000 women end up infertile each year. Some authorities give the percentage as 20% which would mean at least 200,000 women. That doesn't count in all the silent sufferers and to do so would make those numbers very scary indeed. Add to this the infertility chances given to women who go through this for the third time, 50%, and it could make even the stoutest soul cry.
While any woman may get pelvic inflammatory disease, those most at risk are 25 and under. Why? Because the cervix in this age group is not mature yet and allows bacteria and other organisms that can cause PID to get through. Some possible sources of these bacteria are getting an STI, douching or exams/surgeries.
Pelvic inflammatory disease leads to other problems besides infertility due to the scarring it causes. You are at greater risk for ectopic pregnancy as well as abscesses, adhesions and chronic pain. PID may not be easy to diagnose but it is fairly easy to treat. Antibiotics are used but you need to be sure all the bacteria are eradicated. Having the disease once also makes it easier for you to get it again. Regular check ups by your doctor are a very good idea besides taking other precautions to be sure you don't partake in the activities that increase your likelihood of getting it.
Unfortunately for a woman who already had PID and has blocked tubes, this information won't help much. What recourse do you have now? While your doctor will probably suggest IVF, check out tubal surgery to repair your blocked tubes instead. It is less expensive and doesn't mess with your body like IVF does. You may discover tubal surgery for blocked tubes is the best action you can take.
In tubal surgery, the bad part of your fallopian tube will be removed. Then depending upon where it is the surgeon will sew together what is left or create a new fimbrial end. In PID many times the fimbrial end is what is scarred. Once the repairs are made and you recover, you can go on to have your child, or children, the natural way. If you research the topic, you will see that tubal surgery has better chance of succeeding than IVF
While you do want to do your best to avoid PID if you can, the second best thing is to catch it early and get treatment. If however you have discovered you are now infertile due to blocked tubes caused by pelvic inflammatory disease, then seek out a tubal surgeon for tubal surgery to remove the blockage. - 16083
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