Cervicitis is the inflammation or infection of the cervix and is considered the most common of all gynecologic disorders with over 60 percent of parous women having experienced it, usually as a result of infections related to pregnancy or postpartum. Gonorrhea and other types of mixed infections frequently cause acute and chronic cervicitis in non-pregnant women. There are two types and either may be contagious: Acute cervicitis which is usually a bacterial or viral infection with specific symptoms and chronic cervicitis which is a long-term infection that may not have symptoms. At least 75 percent of all women have cervicitis at some time during their adult lives.