cervicitis
Sign in to saveCervicitis is inflammation of the uterine cervix. Cervicitis in women has many features in common with urethritis in men and many cases are caused by sexually transmitted infections. Non-infectious causes of cervicitis can include intrauterine devices, contraceptive diaphragms, and allergic reactions to spermicides or latex condoms. Cervicitis affects over half of all women during their adult life.
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Research
810,013 papers- Cervicitis.Clinics in obstetrics and gynaecology · 1981
- Tubercular cervicitis - A diagnostic dilemma: Report of five cases and literature review.The Indian journal of tuberculosis · 2025
- CERVICITIS AS A CAUSE OF PRETERM BIRTH IN WOMEN.Wiadomosci lekarskie (Warsaw, Poland : 1960) · 2022
- CERVICITIS.Nursing times · 1964
- Mucopurulent cervicitis: no longer ignored, but still misunderstood.Infectious disease clinics of North America · 2005
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Cervicitis is inflammation of the uterine cervix. Cervicitis in women has many features in common with urethritis in men and many cases are caused by sexually transmitted infections. Non-infectious causes of cervicitis can include intrauterine devices, contraceptive diaphragms, and allergic reactions to spermicides or latex condoms. Cervicitis affects over half of all women during their adult life.
Cervicitis may ascend and cause endometritis and pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). Cervicitis may be acute or chronic.