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Pelvic Inflammatory Disease - Treatment Overview

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Most cases of PID are cured with antibiotic therapy. Surgery is not usually necessary to treat PID. But surgery may be needed to:

Drain or remove a pocket of infection (abscess).
Cut scar tissue (adhesions) that is causing pain. (Surgery to remove adhesions from pelvic inflammatory disease has not been proved to relieve pain unless adhesions are severe.⁵)

Exploratory surgery is sometimes used when a diagnosis is still unclear after other tests are done or when antibiotic treatment is not working. Diagnostic laparoscopy (which involves using a small lighted viewing instrument) is usually used.

What to think about

To avoid reinfection, it is critically important that you and your sex partner(s) be treated.

After having PID, it's important that you have any further pelvic symptoms checked promptly. Your doctor will want to examine you for signs of another infection, possible pelvic organ damage (adhesions), and other possible causes of your symptoms.

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Last Updated: November 23, 2010

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