What Causes Pelvic Inflammatory Disease?
Cause of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease: Vaginal infection going back up the female sexual tract; often occurs during menstruation. Causes of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease: PID occurs when bacteria move upward from a woman’s vagina or cervix into the internal reproductive organs. Sexually active women in their childbearing years are most at risk. Many different organisms can cause PID, but most cases are associated with gonorrhea and chlamydia, two very common bacterial STDs. It is estimated that 10% to 80% of women with either of these STDs will develop symptomatic PID.
