Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
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Sexually Transmitted Infections — Maternity and Pediatric Nursing▶ 5:56They walk in and say, um, I have this strange foul smelling discharge, or I found a painful sore, or my lower…So organizing the infections by their primary presentation, like vaginal discharge, cervicitis, genital ulcers, pelvic inflammatory disease, and vaccine preventable bugs, it…It allows a nurse to look at the immediate evidence and start narrowing down the suspectsCare of Patients With Sexually Transmitted Infections — Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts and Practice▶ 12:23The complications for females, though, are life -alteringThe bacteria travels up into the uterus and fallopian tubes, causing pelvic inflammatory disease, or PIDAnd we will dive deeply into PID later, but essentially the chronic inflammation causes scar tissueGynecology — A Comprehensive Review for the Certification and Recertification Examinations for Physician Assistants▶ 3:42Oh, I seeIt could be endometriosis, fibroids, pelvic inflammatory disease, all sorts of thingsAnd that's why it's key to figure out that underlying cause to treat it properly