How contagious is pelvic peritonitis?

If you have a gynecological disease, especially some inflammation, you will be afraid of infection. So, after many women suffer from pelvic peritonitis, they will worry whether pelvic peritonitis is contagious, or whether pelvic peritonitis is transmitted to them by others. Is pelvic peritonitis contagious? Will you infect people around you? Let's take a closer look.

What conditions can cause pelvic peritonitis?

● Postpartum or post-abortion infection. The patient is weak after childbirth or miscarriage, and the cervix has not closed well after dilation. At this time, the bacteria in the vagina and cervix may ascend and infect the pelvic cavity.

● Not paying attention to hygiene during menstruation. During menstruation, the endometrium is exfoliated, the blood sinuses in the uterine cavity are open, and blood clots exist, which are conditions for bacteria to breed. If you do not pay attention to hygiene during menstruation, use sanitary napkins or toilet paper that do not meet the hygiene standards, or have sex, it will provide bacteria with opportunities for retrograde infection, leading to pelvic peritonitis.

● Spread of inflammation to adjacent organs. This is more common when appendicitis and peritonitis occur. Since they are adjacent to the female internal reproductive organs, inflammation can spread directly and cause inflammation of the female pelvic peritoneum. When suffering from chronic cervicitis, inflammation can also spread through the lymphatic circulation and cause pelvic connective tissue inflammation.

● Infection after gynecological surgery. If the disinfection is not strict or there is chronic inflammation of the reproductive system during artificial abortion, IUD insertion or removal, endometrial polyp removal, or submucosal uterine myomectomy, it may cause postoperative infection. Some patients do not pay attention to personal hygiene after surgery, or do not follow the doctor's advice after surgery and resume sexual intercourse too early, which can also cause bacterial infection and cause pelvic peritonitis.

Is pelvic peritonitis contagious?

Pelvic peritonitis is not contagious. Among gynecological inflammations, the most common infectious disease is vaginitis, such as candidal vaginitis, bacterial vaginitis, etc., while pelvic peritonitis is not directly contagious. However, women should be reminded that pelvic peritonitis can cause spreading infection. For example, if female patients do not actively check and treat pelvic peritonitis, it is possible that pelvic peritonitis will spread and cause diseases such as adnexitis and endometritis.