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People are surrounded at all times by germs that can live on our skin and can infect any cut or scrape. But internal organs—including the uterus—are typically protected by the body’s safeguards from dangerous germ invasions. Occasionally, infection can make its way from the vagina upward into the uterus and fallopian tubes—a condition called pelvic infection. This can lead to results from painful side effects to complications that threaten fertility and even life.
The cervix’s mucus plug protects the inside of the uterus from ordinary germs. Bacteria from a gonorrhea or chlamydia infection can sometimes make their way there. Sexually transmitted infections and unprotected sex are thus risk factors for this condition.
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Even without these vaginal infections, pelvic infection can occur when the cervix is open due to menstruation, childbirth or abortion, or when the balance of the reproductive system is damaged by frequent douching, leading to an overgrowth of bad bacterial. It can also be introduced by insertion of an IUD. Doctors should always perform an STI check, and never inert an IUD until any STI is cleared up. Pelvic infection is a rare side effect that sometimes appears in the 3 weeks after IUD insertion.
The first signs of pelvic infection are likely to be severe abdominal pain, foul vaginal discharge, nausea and vomiting, and fever above 101 degrees.
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These symptoms are bad enough, but over the long term, pelvic infection can cause abscesses and scarring to the reproductive organs. This long-term damage can affect fertility. One dangerous consequence can be ectopic pregnancy—a fertilized egg attaching to the fallopian tube, where there’s no room for it to grow, and it can threaten the life of the mother.
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Pelvic infections associated with IUDs have been the subject of multiple adverse event reports by patients to the FDA. Lawsuits have also been initiated on the grounds that the makers of the Mirena IUD failed to warn patients about the infection risk. Although the device cannot directly cause infection and most cases are associated with undiagnosed STIs, medical device makers have an obligation to warn consumers of all significant risks.
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