pelvic inflammatory disease

Examples of pelvic inflammatory disease in the following topics:

• Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)

  • Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is an inflammation of the female reproductive organs that is most often caused by infection.
  • Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is an inflammation of the uterus, fallopian tubes and/or the ovaries.
  • It should be treated promptly to avoid serious complications like scarring and adhesions which can cause infertility, ectopic pregnancy and chronic pelvic pain.
  • Different tests can be used for diagnosis such as pelvic ultrasound and laboratory tests for STIs.
  • Describe the causes, symptoms and long-term effects of pelvic inflammatory disease

• Nongonococcal Urethritis (NGU)

  • If irregular menstrual bleeding is present it may indicate that the infection has progressed into pelvic inflammatory disease.
  • Women are at risk of developing pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), while in men the infection can progress to epididymitis and cause infertility.

• Rheumatic Fever

  • Rheumatic fever is an inflammatory disease that can develop as a complication of inadequately treated strep throat.
  • Rheumatic fever is an inflammatory disease that occurs following a Streptococcus pyogenes infection, such as streptococcal pharyngitis (strep throat) or scarlet fever, that affects the peri-arteriolar connective tissue.
  • Acute rheumatic fever is treated with antibiotics and anti-inflammatory medications such as aspirin and corticosteroids.

• The Complement System and Heart Disease

  • In autoimmune heart diseases, the body's immune defense system mistakes its own cardiac antigens as foreign, and attacks them.
  • Autoimmune heart diseases result when the body's own immune defense system mistakes cardiac antigens as foreign, and attacks them, leading to inflammation of the heart as a whole, or in parts.
  • The most common form of autoimmune heart disease is rheumatic heart disease, or rheumatic fever.
  • Aetiologically, autoimmune heart disease is most commonly seen in children with a history of sore throat caused by a streptococcal infection.
  • Therapy will involve intensive cardiac care and immunosuppressives, including corticosteroids, which are helpful in the acute stage of the disease.

• The Roles of Genetics and Gender in Autoimmune Disease

  • Any disease that results from such an aberrant immune response is termed an autoimmune disease.
  • Autoimmune diseases are very often treated with steroids.
  • Three main sets of genes are suspected in many autoimmune diseases.
  • A person's sex also seems to have some role in the development of autoimmunity, classifying most autoimmune diseases as sex-related diseases.
  • However, women appear to generally mount larger inflammatory responses than men when their immune systems are triggered, increasing the risk of autoimmunity.

• Cytotoxic Autoimmune Reactions

  • Any disease that results from such an aberrant immune response is termed an autoimmune disease.
  • Autoimmune diseases are very often treated with steroids.
  • A person's sex also seems to have some role in the development of autoimmunity, classifying most autoimmune diseases as sex-related diseases.
  • According to the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA), autoimmune diseases that develop in men tend to be more severe.
  • Women appear to generally mount larger inflammatory responses than men when their immune systems are triggered, increasing the risk of autoimmunity.

• Bacterial Pneumonias

  • Pneumonia is an inflammatory lung disease that can lead to problems with breathing, often caused by bacterial infections.
  • Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung, affecting primarily the microscopic air sacs known as alveoli .
  • It is usually caused by infection with viruses or bacteria and less commonly other microorganisms, certain drugs and other conditions such as autoimmune diseases.

• Sepsis and Septic Shock

  • Sepsis is a potentially deadly medical condition characterized by a whole-body inflammatory state (called a systemic inflammatory response syndrome or SIRS) that is triggered by an infection.
  • The body may develop this inflammatory response by the immune system to microbes in the blood, urine, lungs, skin, or other tissues.
  • Severe sepsis is the systemic inflammatory response, infection, and the presence of organ dysfunction.
  • There are new drugs that act against the extreme inflammatory response seen in septic shock.

• The Cardiovascular System

  • Both the cardiovascular system and the lymphatic system are susceptible to diseases caused by microorganisms.
  • Both the cardiovascular system and the lymphatic system are susceptible to diseases caused by microorganisms.
  • Myocarditis or inflammatory cardiomyopathy is inflammation of heart muscle (myocardium) and it is most often due to infection by common viruses, such as parvovirus B19.
  • Vasculitis is inflammation of the vessel wall due to an infection (or autoimmune disease).
  • Lymphadenopathy is a term meaning disease of the lymph nodes due to infection, auto-immune disease, or malignancy.

• Bacterial Skin Diseases

  • For generations, the disease was treated with an application of the antiseptic gentian violet.
  • This disease is most common among the elderly, infants, and children.
  • People with immune deficiency, diabetes, alcoholism, skin ulceration, fungal infections, and impaired lymphatic drainage (e.g., after mastectomy, pelvic surgery, bypass grafting) are also at increased risk.