Is pelvic peritonitis sexually transmitted?

Clinically, pelvic peritonitis is one of the most common diseases in women. Patients with pelvic peritonitis 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. So, what are the causes of pelvic peritonitis in women? Can pelvic peritonitis be transmitted through sex?

The main causes of pelvic peritonitis include the following:

1. Not paying attention to menstrual hygiene, having sexual intercourse during menstruation or unclean sexual intercourse, etc.

2. The causes of pelvic peritonitis include sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhea. After infection, gonorrhea can spread upward along the mucosa, causing inflammation of the fallopian tubes and ovaries.

3. When infections in other parts of the body are not treated in time, the pathogens can be spread through the blood and cause salpingo-oophoritis, which is more common in tuberculosis diseases.

4. After delivery or abortion, due to the decrease in resistance, pathogens ascend through the reproductive tract and spread to the fallopian tubes and ovaries, then cause inflammation of the entire pelvic cavity. These are the causes of pelvic peritonitis.

5. Uterine cavity operations performed without strict disinfection, such as vacuum extraction, hysterosalpingography, cervical canal treatment, and obstetric surgery infections without strict disinfection are all causes of pelvic peritonitis.

6. While intrauterine contraceptive devices are widely used, patients do not pay attention to personal hygiene or the surgical procedures are not strict, which leads to many cases of acute salpingo-oophoritis and pelvic peritonitis.

7. Among the causes of pelvic peritonitis, when inflammation occurs in the pelvic cavity or organs adjacent to the fallopian tubes, such as appendicitis, it can directly spread to cause salpingo-oophoritis and pelvic peritonitis. The inflammation generally occurs in the adjacent fallopian tube and ovary.

Can pelvic peritonitis be sexually transmitted?

Pelvic peritonitis is not contagious and cannot be transmitted through sex. 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 spread of 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.