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Today, we're going to talk about a disease that represents a fundamental disturbance in the reproductive system of either males or females.
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The disease that i've chose is called pelvic inflammatory disease.
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For a bit of background information, pelvic inflammatory disease only affects women and primarily affects young and sexually active women as well.
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Causes can include untreated chlamydia or gonorrhea or bacterial vaginosis, which is a bacterial infection of the vagina.
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In rare cases, it can also be caused by the respiratory pathogen, myso -bacterium tuberculosis.
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Effects of this disease, if left untreated, can be chronic pelvic pain, infertility, ectopic pregnancies, and even death because this disease can spread to other areas of the body besides just the reproductive system.
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Over 250 ,000 women are hospitalized for pid each year, and roughly 150 of those women do not survive...