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If you are younger than 25 years, don’t use condoms, and have lower abdominal pain, you might be suffering from a pelvic inflammatory disease. Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is an infectious disease affecting your upper reproductive organs. The infectious agents first inoculate the vagina and cervix and then ascend to your upper genital tract, which includes a pair of ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, and may also involve the surrounding pelvis. Many women may only have subtle symptoms while others may have lower abdominal pain, vaginal discharge, pain during sex, burning pee, etc. it is a sexually transmitted disease, which is treated with antibiotics and is prevented by having safe sex using condoms and with a single partner. If left untreated, it can cause fibrosis of the fallopian tubes resulting in ectopic pregnancy or infertility.