Vaginal Discharge, Itching or Irritation

Contact your doctor immediately. You may have a serious pelvic infection called pelvic inflammatory disease (PID).

Immediate treatment can help prevent the spread of the infection to other reproductive organs such as the uterus and the fallopian tubes. Infections of these organs are much more serious, though also treatable, and can rarely be the cause of infertility.

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Online Medical Reviewer: Pickett, Mary E. MD Date Last Reviewed: 4/20/2006 Date Last Modified: 3/30/2006 Source: from Harvard Health Decision Guides, Harvard Health Publications, Copyright © 2007 by President and Fellows of Harvard College. All rights reserved. Used with permission of StayWell.

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