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Help can chlamydia or pid (pelvic inflammatory disease) cause infertility and scarring?
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There can be,depends: The germs can travel up into your fallopian tubes and cause inflammation ; scarring that might prevent a natural pregnancy or place you at risk of a tubal pregnancy in the future. Early recognition and treatment with antibiotics may limit the damage.Your obgyn can explain the limitations of tests available to study the effect on your system.
Answered 6/17/2014
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