Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is an infection that moves past the vagina, breaks the cervical barrier and infects the uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries. Often the bacteria originate from sexually transmitted diseases, such as gonorrhea.

There are a percentage of woman who have pregnancy problems with PID that are a direct result of the condition. Those affected with pregnancy complications depends upon how quickly the infection is treated, if the woman completes her treatment and if the treatment protocol was successful.

There are some women who require either two rounds of antibiotics or an initial treatment in the hospital using intravenous therapy – antibiotics delivered through an IV. For others the condition becomes chronic or recurrent when the infection either isn’t totally eradicated or the woman becomes infected again because of high risk behaviors.