What are the symptoms of PID (Pelvic Inflammatory Disease) which is one of the causes of ectopic pregnancy?
The signs and symptoms of PID include fever, foul-smelling vaginal discharge, extreme pain, including pain during intercourse, and vaginal bleeding. PID can scar the fallopian tubes, ovaries, and related structures and lead to ectopic pregnancies, infertility, chronic pelvic pain, and other serious consequences. The infectious microorganisms in PID migrate upward from the urethra and cervix into the upper genital tract. Many different organisms can cause PID, but most cases are associated with gonorrhea and genital chlamydial infections, two very common STDs. The gonococcus (Neisseria gonorrhea), which causes gonorrhea, probably travels up into the fallopian tubes, where it causes sloughing (casting off) of some cells and invades others. It multiplies within and beneath these cells. The infection then spreads to other organs, resulting in more inflammation and scarring. The presence of a cervical mucus plug normally helps prevent the spread of microorganisms to the upper genital tract,
