Is pelvic peritonitis contagious?

Is pelvic peritonitis contagious? Pelvic peritonitis is a common disease in clinical practice. Patients mainly show symptoms such as dry mouth, headache, thirst, and a significantly faster pulse than normal. In addition, there are symptoms such as increased leucorrhea, menstrual disorders, or irregular vaginal bleeding. So, is pelvic peritonitis contagious?

When the pelvic organs are seriously infected, the pathogens can spread through the blood or lymphatic system or directly spread to the pelvic peritoneum, which is called pelvic peritonitis. However, this disease is not contagious. It is an inflammatory change and has no tendency to spread. The harm it brings is so great that patients should pay enough attention to it.

Pelvic peritonitis often coexists with other pelvic infections, especially salpingitis. In severe cases, the entire pelvic peritoneum undergoes inflammation, and in rare cases, it can even spread to the entire abdomen, becoming diffuse peritonitis. Sometimes, due to pelvic peritonitis or inflammatory lesions of other abdominal organs, pus accumulates in the lowest part of the abdominal cavity - the uterine fossa, forming a uterine fossa abscess.

The most common symptoms of pelvic peritonitis are abdominal pain and fever, which are prone to acute attacks, especially after excessive fatigue or cold. Patients often experience severe abdominal pain, high fever, chills, and severe patients may experience shock, decreased blood pressure, pale complexion, dry tongue, cold sweats, etc. They may also experience collapse, heart failure, pulmonary edema, etc., requiring hospitalization, which seriously affects the patient's work and quality of life.

When pelvic peritonitis occurs, inflammation can cause adhesion of the inner mucosa of the fallopian tube, narrowing or closing the lumen. This will cause obstacles to the passage of eggs, sperm or fertilized eggs, leading to infertility. If the lumen of the fallopian tube is not completely closed, it may lead to ectopic pregnancy. Only by thoroughly understanding the physical condition can the treatment of pelvic peritonitis be effective and foolproof.