How is pelvic inflammatory disease caused?

Pelvic inflammatory disease is a common gynecological disease, but it troubles the work and life of many female friends. So how is pelvic inflammatory disease infected?

When inflammation occurs in the female pelvic reproductive organs and their surrounding connective tissue and pelvic peritoneum, it is called pelvic inflammatory disease, including metritis, salpingo-oophoritis, pelvic connective tissue inflammation and pelvic peritonitis. It can occur in one of the common diseases in one or more places at the same time.

1. Direct spread

After other organs in the abdominal cavity are infected, they spread directly to the internal reproductive organs. For example, appendicitis can cause right salpingitis.

2. Spread through blood circulation

The pathogen first invades other systems of the human body and then infects the genitals through the blood circulation. It is the main route of tuberculosis infection.

3. Spread along the genital mucosa

After the pathogen invades the vulva and vagina, it spreads along the mucosal surface through the cervix, endometrium, and fallopian tube mucosa to the ovaries and abdominal cavity. Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, and Staphylococcus aureus spread in this way.

4. Spread through the lymphatic system

Bacteria, pathogens and other lymphatic vessels invade the pelvic connective tissue and other parts of the internal reproductive organs. It is the main transmission route of puerperal infection, post-abortion infection and post-intrauterine contraceptive device infection, and is more common in streptococcal, Escherichia coli and anaerobic bacterial infections.