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| '''Definition/Description'''
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| *Cervicitis is defined as the inflammatory response of the cervix to a particular stimuli
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| *Can be acute or chronic; with chronic occurring due to inadequate treatment or recurrent inflammation
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| *Non-specific cervicitis is the most common; meaning that it is unrelated to an STI like chlamydia or gonnorhea
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| *A single instance or acute cervicitis is usually due to an infection like chlamydia or gonnorhea, while chronic is typically due to a non-infectious source
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| *If left untreated cervicitis can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease
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| '''Prevalence'''
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| Cervicitis is currently rarely reported to epidemiologists making true numbers for prevalence roughly estimated from about 8%-40%
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| *About 61% of cervicitis cases are of unknown etiology
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| '''Characteristics/Clinical Presentation'''
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| In many case cervicitis remains asymptomatic
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| *If symptomatic, person may experience vaginal discharge, dyspereunia, intermenstrual bleeding, or postcoital bleeding
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| *Occasionally will present in an abnormal fashion, such as a cervical growth or uterovaginal prolapse, but that is rare and usually due to delayed or no treatment
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| '''Associated Comorbidities'''
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| In many cases, Mycoplasma Gentialium bacteria occurs simultaneously with cervicitis
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| *Gonnorhea and chlamydia is also commonly found in correlation with cervicitis
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| '''Medications'''
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| Antibiotics are frequently given once cervicitis is found
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| *No other medications are usually prescribed to help with this condition
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| '''Diagnostic Tests/ Lab Values/ Lab Tests'''
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| In order to diagnose a culture is taken to look for mucopurulent discharge
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| *Culture taken to look for specific bacteria like chlamydia, gonnorhea, or mycoplasma genitalium
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| '''Etiology/Causes'''
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| Cervicitis can be associated with preterm childbirth and pelvic inflammatory disease
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| *Chlamydia, gonnorhea, trichomonas, bacterial vaginosis and mycoplasma genitalium are all seen to contribute to acture, infectious cervicitis
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| *Decreased use of condoms with sexual activity are shown to increase the risk for acquiring cervicitis
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| *Lower education and multiple sexual partners were also seen to contribute to the condition
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| *Cytomegalovirus has recently been shown to lead to cervicitis as well
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| '''Systemic Involvement'''
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| Untreated, cervicitis can lea to pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
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| *Postcoital bleeding is also a common occurence when cervicitis in inadequately or not treated
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| '''Medical Management'''
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| Best evidence, is currently antibiotic therapies
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| *Complementary and Alternative Medicine is now being introduced to treat this diagnosis
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| '''Physical Therapy Management'''
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| Electrotherapy
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| *Magnet therapy
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| *Heat therapy
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| *Light therapy
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| *External high frequency calorimetry
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| *Low frequency pulsed ultrasound therapy
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| *Iontophoresis
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| *Shortwave ultrasound combined with intermediate frequency electrical stimulation
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| *Ozone therapy
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| *Shortwave diathermy
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| '''Differential Diagnosis'''
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| Cystic cervicitis
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| *Vaginosis
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| *Vulva vaginitis
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| *Herpes Simplex Virus
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| '''Case Reports/Studies'''
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| Singh N, Arora A. An Extreme Case of Chronic Cervicitis Mimicking Cervical Cancer and Causing Third-Degree Prolapse. Journal Of Gynecologic Surgery [serial online]. December 2014;30(6):380-382. Available from: Academic Search Complete, Ipswich, MA. Accessed February 23, 2017.<br>
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| '''Resources'''
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| https://www.plannedparenthood.org
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| '''References'''
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