Acupuncture in the Treatment of Chronic Pelvic Pain Secondary to Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) primarily involving the cervix, uterus and fallopian tubes is a serious infection in women. It can present in different forms such as endometritis, salphangitis, oophoritis, tubo-ovarian abscess or peritonitis. Antibiotic treatment is recommended because failure to treat PID can result in infertility (20%), ectopic pregnancy and chronic pelvic pain (40%).1 Immune deficiency, inappropriate antibiotic regimens or delay in the management of first infection can lead to chronic PID, which is defined as symptoms continuing for more than 6 months with relapsing pelvic infections after an acute PID attack. Definitive medical cure of the disease is not available and the quality of life …