What tests should be done for pelvic peritonitis

Regarding the examination methods of pelvic peritonitis, everyone must be cautious and understand it. Everyone knows that the occurrence of pelvic peritonitis brings a lot of unnecessary risks and harms to everyone. In order to effectively resist the unnecessary risks caused by the disease, everyone needs to correctly grasp the examination methods of pelvic peritonitis. Only by correct diagnosis can we resist the occurrence of the harm of the disease. So what are the common examination methods for pelvic peritonitis?

1. Ultrasound examination

Mainly B-type or grayscale ultrasound scanning and filming, this pelvic peritonitis examination technology has an 85% accuracy in identifying masses or abscesses formed by adhesions of the fallopian tubes, ovaries and intestines. However, mild or moderate pelvic peritonitis is difficult to show characteristics in B-type ultrasound images.

2. Physical examination

The patient presents with acute illness, fever, accelerated heart rate, abdominal distension, and tenderness in the lower abdomen. When pelvic peritonitis spreads to the abdominal cavity, peritoneal irritation signs are positive, the whole abdomen is tender, rebound pain, and muscle tension, and bowel sounds are weakened or disappeared.

3. What examinations are needed for pelvic peritonitis? Laparoscopy

If it is not diffuse peritonitis and the patient's general condition is good, laparoscopy can be performed on patients with pelvic peritonitis or suspected pelvic peritonitis and other acute abdomen. Laparoscopy can not only make a clear diagnosis and differential diagnosis, but also make a preliminary judgment on the degree of pelvic peritonitis.

4. Posterior fornix puncture

It is one of the most commonly used and valuable methods for diagnosing pelvic peritonitis in gynecological acute abdomen. The contents of the abdominal cavity or the uterine rectal fossa obtained through puncture, such as normal peritoneal fluid, blood (fresh, old, clotted blood, etc.), purulent secretions or pus, can further clarify the diagnosis, and microscopic examination and culture of the punctured material are even more necessary.

Typical symptoms of acute pelvic peritonitis in women are fever, lower abdominal pain that refuses to be pressed, and a large amount of purulent vaginal discharge. It may be accompanied by fatigue, back pain, and menstrual disorders. In severe cases, high fever, chills, headache, and loss of appetite may be seen. The systemic symptoms of chronic pelvic peritonitis are mostly not obvious, sometimes with low fever and susceptibility to fatigue. The course of the disease is long, and some patients may have symptoms of neurasthenia. Experts remind that if women are worried about suffering from pelvic peritonitis, they can use the above detection methods to preliminarily diagnose whether they have pelvic peritonitis. At the same time, experts remind that if you suffer from pelvic peritonitis, you must treat it in time to prevent the inflammation from prolonging and causing lesions in adjacent tissues, which will have a serious impact on your health. Experts added that the consequences of pelvic peritonitis are serious, and even mild or atypical pelvic peritonitis can damage the patient's reproductive health.

Regarding the examination methods of pelvic peritonitis, everyone must treat it with caution and understand it. This is the key to help everyone correctly understand the disease. Of course, due to the serious harm caused by pelvic peritonitis, if you want to completely get rid of the unnecessary trouble caused by the disease, after mastering the examination methods of pelvic peritonitis, everyone must actively go to a professional tertiary hospital for diagnosis and treatment.