Maureen: Hi! I Maureen from Dayton, Ohio and I was just wondering can an STD make a woman infertile?
Lisa Flowers: Hello Maureen. Yes sexually transmitted diseases can be responsible for infertility. We know that Gonorrhea and Chlamydia, if left untreated, 40% of those women can develop pelvic inflammatory disease and pelvic inflammatory disease causes infertility in over 100,000 women each year. So it's very important that if women gets screened for the sexually transmitted diseases, or if they have complaints, get treated so that they can avoid become infertile in the future.
Maureen: Hi! I Maureen from Dayton, Ohio and I was just wondering can an STD make a woman infertile?
Lisa Flowers: Hello Maureen. Yes sexually transmitted diseases can be responsible for infertility. We know that Gonorrhea and Chlamydia, if left untreated, 40% of those women can develop pelvic inflammatory disease and pelvic inflammatory disease causes infertility in over 100,000 women each year. So it's very important that if women gets screened for the sexually transmitted diseases, or if they have complaints, get treated so that they can avoid become infertile in the future.
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