Pelvic Inflammatory Disease — NUEM Blog

Expert Commentary Thanks for this clear and succinct post. The differential diagnosis of lower abdominal and pelvic pain is extremely broad in both premenopausal and post-menopausal women. This is when the sexual history becomes important. A question we often overlook as part of the sexual history is asking about dyspareunia, which may help differentiate gynecological from intra-abdominal causes of abdominal pain, specifically in the case of PID. Patients with PID are frequently misdiagnosed...