Jane Norman, a reader in obstetrics and gynaecology at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, says that PID can cause chronic pelvic pain and irregular periods.
Earlier data — suppressing pain with morphine can cause chronic itching, for example — indicated some overlap between the two sensations.
While there are effective treatments, the disease can cause chronic fatigue, joint pain and neurological problems if left undiagnosed.
When sterile techniques are not used, bacteria and viruses can be introduced into the bloodstream, including the hepatitis B virus that can cause chronic hepatitis and liver cancer, and HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
At around the same time, she began experiencing symptoms that were eventually diagnosed as Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, a degenerative condition that can cause chronic pain and deformities in the extremities.
In adults, it can cause chronic illness through damage to the liver, intestines, lungs, and bladder that, if left untreated, may result in death.
An unpleasant job situation, chronic illness, and abuse incurred during childhood or adult life are examples of factors that can cause chronic stress.
And thanks to those mice, scientists expect that many of those ticks will be infected with Lyme disease — which, if left untreated, can cause chronic fatigue, joint pain and neurological problems.
However, medication overuse can cause chronic headache in patients suffering from a primary headache disorder [5].
It can cause chronic headache and permanent visual loss due to papilloedema and secondary optic atrophy.
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a systemic autoimmune disease, can cause chronic inflammation and damage in several tissues and organs [1].
