Salpingitis Salpingitis Salpingitis is an infection and inflammation in the Fallopian tubes. It is often used synonymously with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), although PID lacks an accurate definition and can refer to several diseases of the female upper genital tract, such as endometritis, oophoritis, myometritis, parametritis and infection in the pelvic peritoneum. In contrast, salpingitis only refers to infection and inflammation in the fallopian tubes. There are two types of salpingitis: acute salpingitis and chronic salpingitis. The symptoms usually appear after a menstrual period. The most common are: The infection usually has its origin in the vagina and ascends to the
Medical Corps of the Swedish Armed Forces Medical Corps of the Swedish Armed Forces Medical Corps of the Swedish Armed Forces (, Medk) was a joint administrative corps for military physicians and military veterinarians in the Swedish Armed Forces. It was formed in 1969 (SFS 1969:409) by merging the Swedish Field Medical Corps ("Fältläkarkåren"), the Swedish Naval Medical Officers’ Corps ("Marinläkarkåren") and the Swedish Army Veterinary Corps. Its head was the Surgeon-General of the Swedish Armed Forces and was subordinate to the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces. The Surgeon-General had at his disposal a staff body, the medical corps office, which was organizationally part of