Pelvic inflammatory disease can be the cause of all your heartbreak due to infertility caused by blocked tubes. In fact, it is the leading cause of things that create infertility that can be prevented. It is the scarring caused by the inflammation and infection of this pelvic inflammatory disease that lead to the blocked tubes that mean the end of your dreams for a child.
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.
Infertility happens in about 12% - 20% of women due to scarring that causes blocked tubes. Women can get PID more than once with the rate of infertility going to 50% after three episodes according to obgyn.net. So we have at least 2 million women each year with this disease and of those at least 12% become infertile if they have only one occurrence of PID. That comes out to 240,000 women a year who become infertile. With no numbers on how many women have three or more cases each year, we can't add to that number. But you can guess as well as I that the actual number of women becoming infertile each year due to pelvic inflammatory disease is higher, maybe much higher.
The highest risk group of women for pelvic inflammatory disease is those under 25. This is explained by the fact that the cervix is not fully mature in this age group. The cause of PID is bacteria and other organisms getting through the cervix and entering the upper reproductive organs. This bacteria can be introduced by STIs, by douching and by some gynecological exams or surgeries.
Pelvic inflammatory disease by virtue of the infection and inflammation causes scarring on the reproductive organs affected. This scarring leads to the blocked tubes that leads to infertility. PID can also be the reason behind ectopic pregnancies and abscesses as well as chronic pain. However, it is easily treated with antibiotics even if it is not easily diagnosed. This is why it is so important to get regular exams and to talk to your doctor if anything seems wrong.
While all this information is good to know, what happens if you already are infertile due to blocked tubes caused by the PID? Your first course will most likely be checking in with a fertility specialist. His recommendation will most likely be to have IVF if you still want a child. However, there is another possibility that is less expensive and not as time consuming as IVF. That is to have tubal surgery and have the blocked tubes repaired.
A tubal surgeon will go in and remove the damaged portion of your fallopian tubes. Then he sutures the remaining good sections of tube together. You can have your own child the natural way and keep on having kids for as long as you want. While this is not a 100% infallible method (is any?), the success rates are higher and it is less costly than IVF.
Take all the precautions you can against this horrifying disease. Be safe in your choice of sexual partner and get regular exams. If however, it is too late and you are now suffering blocked tubes caused by pelvic inflammatory disease but still want to get pregnant, then seek out a well qualified tubal surgery specialist. Get your dreams back. - 15437
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.
Infertility happens in about 12% - 20% of women due to scarring that causes blocked tubes. Women can get PID more than once with the rate of infertility going to 50% after three episodes according to obgyn.net. So we have at least 2 million women each year with this disease and of those at least 12% become infertile if they have only one occurrence of PID. That comes out to 240,000 women a year who become infertile. With no numbers on how many women have three or more cases each year, we can't add to that number. But you can guess as well as I that the actual number of women becoming infertile each year due to pelvic inflammatory disease is higher, maybe much higher.
The highest risk group of women for pelvic inflammatory disease is those under 25. This is explained by the fact that the cervix is not fully mature in this age group. The cause of PID is bacteria and other organisms getting through the cervix and entering the upper reproductive organs. This bacteria can be introduced by STIs, by douching and by some gynecological exams or surgeries.
Pelvic inflammatory disease by virtue of the infection and inflammation causes scarring on the reproductive organs affected. This scarring leads to the blocked tubes that leads to infertility. PID can also be the reason behind ectopic pregnancies and abscesses as well as chronic pain. However, it is easily treated with antibiotics even if it is not easily diagnosed. This is why it is so important to get regular exams and to talk to your doctor if anything seems wrong.
While all this information is good to know, what happens if you already are infertile due to blocked tubes caused by the PID? Your first course will most likely be checking in with a fertility specialist. His recommendation will most likely be to have IVF if you still want a child. However, there is another possibility that is less expensive and not as time consuming as IVF. That is to have tubal surgery and have the blocked tubes repaired.
A tubal surgeon will go in and remove the damaged portion of your fallopian tubes. Then he sutures the remaining good sections of tube together. You can have your own child the natural way and keep on having kids for as long as you want. While this is not a 100% infallible method (is any?), the success rates are higher and it is less costly than IVF.
Take all the precautions you can against this horrifying disease. Be safe in your choice of sexual partner and get regular exams. If however, it is too late and you are now suffering blocked tubes caused by pelvic inflammatory disease but still want to get pregnant, then seek out a well qualified tubal surgery specialist. Get your dreams back. - 15437
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