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What Are The Symptoms Of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease?
I think i have pelvic inflammatory disease. I had it in the summer and. I think its came back i went into the doctors last week and they said i didnt have chlamydia or gonerria everything they tested for was negative. It hurts to have sex i have a lot of pain down there and sometimes my back. I have chills and fevers. Sometimes hurts to pee. Im really worried because i want kids in the next year and from reading about pid it causes infertility
Mon, 19 Feb 2018
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I can understand your concern. Pelvic inflammatory disease is the one with high recurrence rate. Your suspicion of having PID might be right. For confirmation, vaginal swab for culture and sensitivity is required. As you mentioned, fever with chills, it certainly goes in favor of infection. Please also have urine culture and sensitivity done. Please upload your test results. Anyway, I shall provide below the empirical treatment recommendations for PID :
1) Inj. Ceftriaxone 250mg intramuscularly single dose(only one time in the entire treatment regimen) plus Doxycycline 100mg twice daily orally and Metronidazole 500mg orally twice daily for 14 days.
2) If any penicillin allergy, Levofloxacin 500mg once daily orally plus Metronidazole 500mg orally twice daily for 14 days; recommended as alternatives.
3) If you are suffering from any gastritis, tab.Pantoprazole once daily before food is advised. Even after the above empirical therapy, if symptoms persist, you need to go for vaginal swab culture or if needed, visualization of pelvic organs by ultrasound scan or endoscopy.
Hope this clarifies your concerns. Any further doubts, please write to us. Its my pleasure to be of any help to you. Thank you for the query.
Take care
Regards,
Dr. Pallavi.m, Anesthesiologist
I can understand your concern. Pelvic inflammatory disease is the one with high recurrence rate. Your suspicion of having PID might be right. For confirmation, vaginal swab for culture and sensitivity is required. As you mentioned, fever with chills, it certainly goes in favor of infection. Please also have urine culture and sensitivity done. Please upload your test results. Anyway, I shall provide below the empirical treatment recommendations for PID :
1) Inj. Ceftriaxone 250mg intramuscularly single dose(only one time in the entire treatment regimen) plus Doxycycline 100mg twice daily orally and Metronidazole 500mg orally twice daily for 14 days.
2) If any penicillin allergy, Levofloxacin 500mg once daily orally plus Metronidazole 500mg orally twice daily for 14 days; recommended as alternatives.
3) If you are suffering from any gastritis, tab.Pantoprazole once daily before food is advised. Even after the above empirical therapy, if symptoms persist, you need to go for vaginal swab culture or if needed, visualization of pelvic organs by ultrasound scan or endoscopy.
Hope this clarifies your concerns. Any further doubts, please write to us. Its my pleasure to be of any help to you. Thank you for the query.
Take care
Regards,
Dr. Pallavi.m, Anesthesiologist
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