How is pelvic inflammatory disease diagnosed?

Among many gynecological diseases, pelvic inflammatory disease is relatively common. It occurs in our genital area and is a great threat to women's health. Many people are often at a loss when facing the occurrence of pelvic inflammatory disease. What we need to do in life is to reduce the incidence of pelvic inflammatory disease and be responsible for everyone's health.

1. Self-diagnosis: Acute pelvic inflammatory disease usually presents abnormal symptoms 7-14 days after infection. Patients may experience fever, chills, persistent lower abdominal pain, or lumbar pain. Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease occurs in young and middle-aged women, and most of them will experience lower abdominal pain, heaviness, back pain, excessive leucorrhea, menstrual disorders, sexual intercourse pain, and fever during menstruation.

2. Posterior fornix puncture: If pus or serous fluid is extracted, tubal pregnancy can be ruled out. However, if no fluid is extracted, tubal pregnancy cannot be ruled out. If the lump is hard and it is difficult to extract the contents, a small amount of saline can be injected before puncture, and then aspirated. If the saline withdrawn is reddish brown and mixed with small blood clots, it can be confirmed to be an old hematoma.

3. Ultrasound: Ultrasound examination of a mass suspected of being an abscess can reveal multiple echo areas in the mass, indicating that there is liquid pus in the mass. This method is a non-invasive examination, simple and easy to perform, and its reliability can be as high as 90% or more.