Will Bartholinitis affect life expectancy?

Bartholinitis is a problem that many women have encountered. It will have an adverse effect on normal family life. Bartholinitis is a common gynecological inflammation. If it is treated in time, it is generally very likely to be cured and will not affect life expectancy. Bartholinitis can be treated with medication and surgery. The following is a detailed introduction to how to treat Bartholinitis.

For patients with mild lesions or a short course of disease, medication can be used for treatment; for patients with severe lesions or those who are ineffective with medication, surgery can be used for treatment. However, the specific treatment method depends on the individual situation of the patient. How should Bartholinitis be treated? Specifically, it includes the following parts:

1. Drug treatment

There are many drugs to choose from for drug treatment, and this method needs to follow the doctor's advice. Other treatments include warm water sitting baths and lubricating the vestibule with liquid paraffin before sexual intercourse. In recent years, it has been reported that local or intramuscular injection of interferon α has a certain effect, with an effective rate of 50%.

How to treat Bartholinitis? Some patients are effective with antihistamines. Since tricyclic antidepressants have central analgesic effects and are also effective for secondary depression, they can be used. Therefore, patients must find out the cause before treatment and treat it symptomatically.

2. Surgical treatment

How to treat Bartholinitis? Surgical methods include vestibuloplasty and vestibulectomy (modified perineoplasty). The latter has better efficacy with an effective rate of 60% to 90%.

Vestibularoplasty is a longitudinal incision of the vaginal wall, especially the posterior wall mucosa, at the vaginal opening, and then the vaginal wall mucosa and vulvar skin are horizontally sutured to enlarge the vaginal opening. Vestibularectomy is the removal of the mucosa at the vestibule pain site, and then the partial vaginal mucosa is surreptitiously separated to cover it. Partial vestibulectomy or total vestibulectomy can be selected according to the condition.

What are the treatment principles for Bartholinitis?

1. Apply local hot compress or sitz bath.

2. If an abscess has formed, it should be incised and drained immediately.

3. In case of acute inflammation, rest in bed, pay attention to local cleaning, and apply antibiotics.

Principles of medication for Bartholinitis:

1. After an abscess is formed, it is advisable to make an incision, drain the pus and administer antibiotics.

2. Patients with high fever should receive intravenous medication and pay attention to supportive therapy. Antibiotics can be selected based on drug sensitivity tests.

3. In the early stage of Bartholin's glanditis, the main treatment is sitz bath with 1:5000 potassium permanganate solution, hot compress, oral metronidazole and antibiotics.