What is the difference between acute and chronic pelvic inflammatory disease?

Pelvic inflammatory disease refers to inflammation of the appendages of the female reproductive organs, especially inflammation in the pelvic area. Pelvic inflammatory disease can be divided into chronic and acute types. Most chronic pelvic inflammatory diseases are caused by incomplete treatment of acute pelvic inflammatory diseases. Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease takes a long time to develop and is more stubborn. The main cause of pelvic inflammatory disease is bacterial growth, which passes through the uterus to the fallopian tubes and then to the pelvic cavity.

There are many factors that lead to pelvic inflammatory disease: infection after childbirth or miscarriage, infection after cervical surgery, poor menstrual hygiene, inflammation of adjacent organs spread to the pelvic cavity and affect health... It can be seen that the occurrence of pelvic inflammatory disease is mainly related to bacterial infection. Especially in some special cases, women's bodies are too fragile and if relevant care measures are not taken, they are easily invaded by bacteria and cause pelvic inflammation.

The main symptoms of acute pelvic inflammatory disease are abdominal pain, fever, increased vaginal discharge, etc. Patients with pelvic inflammatory disease cannot have a complete sexual life. During this process, patients often feel pain, and the pain will even worsen after sexual intercourse. If the symptoms of acute pelvic inflammatory disease are more severe, the patient will also experience chills, headaches, and even loss of appetite. Acute pelvic inflammatory disease needs to be controlled in time, otherwise it may cause complications such as diffuse peritonitis and septic shock, which will seriously endanger the patient's life safety.

If acute pelvic inflammatory disease is not thoroughly treated, it will turn into chronic pelvic inflammatory disease. The symptoms of chronic pelvic inflammatory disease are also that the patient will experience abdominal pain, lumbar pain, and frequent fatigue. This symptom will be aggravated before and after menstruation. Over time, women's menstruation will also become abnormal. It can be seen that the harm of pelvic inflammatory disease is still relatively large. It is recommended that women should actively seek treatment and pay more attention to the hygiene of the female private parts, especially sexual hygiene. If pelvic inflammatory disease is not cured for a long time, it is likely to cause female fertility problems and seriously affect women's physical and mental health.