Pelvic Infections and STD

Severe internal pelvic infections are relatively uncommon and are not always related to STD. Pelvic infections can present as a sudden illness associated with lower abdominal pain or may present as a cause of longer duration pelvic pain.

Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) can be associated with symptoms of vaginal discharge or irritation but may not have any symptoms at all. Screening tests today are accurate and results are available usually within 48 hours.

We also now have a vaccine that protects again the 4 most common strains of HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) which is the single most common STD and also the cause of cervical cancer.

There are medications available to treat herpes which is widely present in American adults and often unrecognized.

Internet research on pelvic infections and STD commonly produces alarm and anxiety. The information is often confusing, scary or downright inaccurate.