Genital tract infections and pelvic pain

Abstract This chapter begins with different types of vaginal discharge, and sexually transmitted infections with individual topics on chlamydia, herpes simplex, gonorrhoea, syphilis, trichomoniasis, human papillomavirus, and candidiasis. The chapter then provides an overview of pelvic inflammatory disease and its diagnosis and management. Acute pelvic pain is included, then chronic pelvic pain is discussed with reference to both gynaecological and non-gynaecological causes, alongside diagnosis and treatments.