Chronic cervicitis and chronic endometritis: general aspects of pathogenesis and pathogenetic therapy

Inflammatory diseases occupy leading positions in the list of gynaecological pathology. Inflammatory diseases of the pelvic organs (PID) recorded in 60-65% of women of reproductive age have a very negative impact on the female reproductive function, and cause chronic pelvic pain syndrome in 24% cases, infertility in 40%, miscarriage in 45%, and ectopic pregnancy in 3% of cases [1-3, 5, 7-9, 12, 13, 15-17, 20, 23]. Among inflammatory diseases in gynecology, endometritis and cervicitis account for about 70-80% of cases; however, the asymptomatic nature of the majority of endometritis and cervicitis cases (chronicity of the inflammatory process) and the fact of their being diagnosed only at routine gynecological exams, lead us to suggest that their incidence is much higher [4, 6, 10, 11, 14, 18, 19, 21, 22].