A 21-year-old female asked:
how long can cervicitis be left untreated before you become infertile?
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Dr. Gerard Honore answered
Fertility Medicine 29 years experience
Unknown, because: Cervicitis likely does not make you infertile. No link is established, sounds like big time rumor.
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A 21-year-old female asked:
How long can cervicitis go untreated before you become infertile?
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Dr. James Ferguson answered
Pediatrics 46 years experience
Varies: Cervicitis is not a specific diagnosis.It can arise from infections like gonorrhea and chlamydia & non-infectious process also. If the germ is aggressive and enters the Fallopian tubes, it may produce scarring early on or never at all. Condom use decreases but does not prevent all possible infections.The sooner a STI is suspected, evaluated and treated, the more likely you are to preserve fertilit
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