Infertility Infertility Cervical or bladder Doesn’t affect If untreated can lead to Complications PID PID cancer in women fertility damage to skin, bone, Ectopic pregnancy Ectopic pregnancy Anorectal and penile Keratitis (eye brain Chronic pelvic pain Chronic pelvic pain cancer in men infection) Dementia Reiter’s syndrome Testicular Does not affect fertility Blindness (inflammation of inflammation Greater risk for HIV joints, eyes, Can develop heart, infection urethra) brain, or liver infection Testicular Arthritis inflammation Greater risk for HIV infection Can cause Need to treat with Can be transmitted to Need C-section if Stillbirth Risk to fetus/newborn miscarriage, erythromycin or silver fetus active lesions Serious birth defects premature birth nitrate eye drops Blindness (state law) Can the birth Can have blindness canal if large or pneumonia
Complications Infertility PID Ectopic pregnancy Chronic pelvic pain Reiter’s syndrome (inflammation of joints, eyes, urethra) Testicular inflammation Greater risk for HIV infection Infertility PID Ectopic pregnancy Chronic pelvic pain Testicular inflammation Can develop heart, brain, or liver infection Arthritis Cervical or bladder cancer in women Anorectal and penile cancer in men Does not affect fertility Doesn’t affect fertility Keratitis (eye infection) If untreated can lead to damage to skin, bone, brain Dementia Blindness Greater risk for HIV infection Risk to fetus/newborn Can cause miscarriage, premature birth Can have blindness or pneumonia Need to treat with erythromycin or silver nitrate eye drops (state law) Can be transmitted to fetus Can the birth canal if large Need C-section if active lesions Stillbirth Serious birth defects Blindness
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