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Re: A Question About Childbirth & PID...

From: William McIntosh, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 4 Jun 2002 22:21:25 -0500 (CDT)

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At Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Maxine wrote: >
>If a woman gives birth vaginally and at the time she delivers she
>happens to have Bacterial Vaginosis can she get Pelvic Infammatory
>Disease?
>
>I read some where that childbirth can be one of the causes of PID and I
>was just wondering how can this be.

No, BV is not a cause of PID from childbirth.

-- William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG

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