Hello and welcome to the zero to finals podcast. My name is Tom and in this episode I'm going to be talking to you about pelvic inflammatory disease.

And you can find written notes on this topic at zero to finals.com slash p ID or in the genitoneiro urinary medicine section the zero definals, obstetrics and gynecology book.

So let's get straight into it.

Pelvic inflammatory disease or PID is inflammation and infection of the organs of the pelvis,

caused by infections spreading up through the cervix.

It's a significant cause of tubal infertility and chronic pelvic pain. It's worth remembering

the technical terms for the affected organs. Endometritis is inflammation of the endometrium.

Salpingitis is inflammation of the fallopian tubes.

Uphoritis is inflammation of the ovaries.

Parametritis is inflammation of the parametrium,

which is the connective tissue around the uterus. And peritonitis is inflammation of the parametrium, which is the connective tissue around the uterus,

and peritonitis is inflammation of the peritoneal membrane.

Let's talk about the causes.

Most cases of pelvic inflammatory disease are caused by one of the sexually transmitted pelvic

infections.

Niceria gonorrhea, which tends to produce a more severe pelvic inflammatory disease,

chlamydia trachycumartis, and mycoplasma genitalium.

Pelvic inflammatory disease can less commonly be caused by non-sexual transmitted infections,

such as Gardnerlla vaginalis associated with bacterial vaginosis,

hemophilis influenza, a bacteria often associated with respiratory infections,

or Escherichia coli, or or e coli, which is an enteric

bacteria from the intestines commonly associated with urinary tract infections.

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