Cervicitis (cont.)

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Medical Author:

Arasi Thangavelu-Veluswamy, MD, FAAEM

Coauthor:

Suzanne R Trupin, MD

Medical Editor:

Jerry R. Balentine, DO, FACEP

Dr. Balentine received his undergraduate degree from McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland. He attended medical school at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine graduating in1983. He completed his internship at St. Joseph's Hospital in Philadelphia and his Emergency Medicine residency at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center in the Bronx, where he served as chief resident.

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Outlook

Untreated cervicitis can spread, infecting the lining of the uterus (endometritis) or the fallopian tubes (salpingitis), which can lead to problems in conceiving a healthy baby. If you are pregnant and have cervicitis, your baby may be infected during delivery, resulting in an eye infection in the baby that can lead to blindness, or, less commonly, pneumonia caused by a chlamydial infection.

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