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Pelvic Inflammatory Disease: Ayurvedic Treatment

Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is the single most, frequent and serious infection encountered by women. It's an infection of the reproductive organs of a woman, where-in,there is an ascending infection from the cervix to the uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries and the surrounding structures. PID afflicts more than 1 million women each year in the US and generates annual health care costs of approximately 4.2 billion dollars.It is responsible for nearly 250,000 hospitalizations per year. Unfortunately, i could not get hold of data in India on this subject. A patient suffering from PID may have any of the following symptoms: -Lower abdominal pain -Back pain -Abnormal terine bleeding -Unusual or heavy vaginal discharge -Vaginal odor -Painful urination -Painful sexual intercourse. Certain symptoms that are not related to the reproductive system may also occur like fever, nausea and vomiting. It is often observed that the symptoms worsen at the end of the menstrual period and the first