Two medical classifications of pelvic inflammatory disease

Two medical classifications of pelvic inflammatory disease

1. Pelvic inflammatory disease usually refers to inflammation of the female reproductive tract and surrounding tissues, mainly including tubo-ovarian abscess, salpingitis, endometritis, and pelvic peritonitis. The most common inflammations are salpingitis and salpingo-oophoritis. According to its pathogenesis and clinical manifestations, pelvic inflammatory disease can be medically classified into acute and chronic types.

2. Acute pelvic inflammatory disease mainly refers to acute inflammation of the female internal reproductive organs and the surrounding connective tissue pelvic peritoneum. Common pathogens are staphylococci, streptococci, Escherichia coli, anaerobic bacteria and sexually transmitted pathogens, such as gonococci, mycoplasmas, chlamydia, etc. It is caused by spreading to the pelvic cavity through the lymphatic, blood or directly. Common acute endometritis, myometritis, salpingitis, pyosalpinx, tubo-ovarian abscess, pelvic connective tissue inflammation, pelvic peritonitis, severe cases can cause sepsis and sepsis. If not controlled in time, septic shock or even death may occur. Traditional Chinese medicine calls this disease "women's abdominal pain", "heat in the blood chamber", "postpartum fever", "leucorrhea", "paralysis", etc.

3. Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease refers to chronic inflammation of the female internal reproductive organs and the surrounding connective tissue and pelvic peritoneum. Its main clinical manifestations are menstrual disorders, increased leucorrhea, waist and abdominal pain and infertility. If chronic adnexitis has formed, a mass can be felt.