I had been having abdominal pain for 2 years and constant UTIs and bladder infections so I went to the doctor and they said I had chlamydia and took meds for it and later the symptoms went away. About 2 months after they came back and they told me I just had a bladder infection. My husband and I have been trying to get pregnant for the past 3 years and haven't been able to. They checked my thyroid and did some other blood tests and came up normal. I would just like to know if the abdominal pain and infections from PID can go away after it's been untreated because of all of the damage it has caused.

My pelvic inflammatory disease symptoms include irregular bleeding, lower back pain, pain in lower and upper legs, pains in left and right of lower abdomen, and painful intercourse at times.

I have PID caused by Chlamydia, thanks to my cheating husband. I went to the hospital after two days of excruciating stomach cramps and shoulder pain so bad I could not breathe. I was sent home with a prescription for generic antibiotics as they ran blood and urine tests and did not notice anything out of the norm. Still in pain, my family doctor was certain I had gall bladder disease (I'm only 25 and VERY healthy) It wasn't until I was informed that my husband was sleeping around that it clicked, and I went and got tested. Sure enough, I have a serious STI and may not be able to have kids again. I've been on 3 different antibiotics and still feel like crap.

For those women who believe their partners were unfaithful because they got PID- you can (and often do) carry an STD for YEARS before you know about it- I found out I had herpes last year while my fiancé does not have the STD at all. We'd been together a year before I had an outbreak, and I never cheated or anything. I found out you can carry an STD for YEARS before you show any symptoms, or never show symptoms at all! I only had one partner before my fiancé, and I must have gotten it from him when we were dating over a year before I met my fiancé. It CAN happen that you can have an STD and NOT EVEN KNOW IT- so please, just because you have PID (or any STD) don't assume your significant other is cheating on you. My fiancé never even thought I had cheated, although I have an STD he does not have. I had herpes for almost 2 years before it reared its ugly head on me. It happens often. In fact, 80% of people who have herpes DON'T EVEN KNOW IT!!! You may have had PID before you even met your current partner. You likely have other STDs as well, that you've had for years. Who knows? But don't automatically assume your partner is cheating on you- YOU could have brought the STD into the relationship and not even known it.

I had PID less than a month after getting an IUD put in. My pain tolerance is extremely high, but have never been in so much pain in my life. I couldn't walk to the bathroom, I had to have my boyfriend carry me up the stairs, I couldn't sit for more than 10 minutes without having to lay down. It would take me forever to pee due to the extreme pain I was in every time I pushed. I was hunched over and could not flatten my back. The pain was from my belly button all the way down and around to my butt hole. I was admitted into the ER and was there 15 hours. When they did the pelvic exam I threw up due to the pain when the doctor pushed on my stomach. The next day at my OBGYN was when I was diagnosed with PID, at this time there was no research that had been released about an IUD causing PID. Countless tests were done and I was put on antibiotics. He admitted me to the hospital overnight so he could keep his eyes on me. He told me that he had never seen it this bad. I had about 15cc's of fluid in me when he did the ultrasound. When I asked him about my chances of having children after this, he told me he would be surprised if I carried my own children. The pain felt like I was being cut from the inside out with a butter knife. It was the worst pain of my life.

I had PID twice. The first effective antibiotic is Doxyn and Flagyl for seven days. On my second PID, Doxyn and Flagyl are no longer effective. Same for Zithromax. But when I was prescribed clindamycin, I started feeling better.