Is pelvic inflammatory disease contagious?

Whether the disease is contagious is a concern for every patient, and the same is true for patients with pelvic inflammatory disease, who are afraid that their disease will be transmitted to their family members. Generally speaking, pelvic inflammatory disease causes great harm to patients themselves, and whether it is contagious depends on the pathogenic bacteria. It is best for patients to go to the hospital for timely treatment to reduce the infection rate of the disease.

What are the dangers of untreated pelvic inflammatory disease?

1. Infertility

The occurrence of pelvic inflammatory disease often affects both fallopian tubes and uterus. Both the fallopian tubes and uterus are important female reproductive organs. Once affected by inflammation, the fallopian tubes become adhered or blocked, and the uterus becomes diseased, then the occurrence of infertility is obvious.

2. Ectopic pregnancy

The common reason for ectopic pregnancy in women is blockage of the fallopian tube. If pelvic inflammatory disease is not cured for a long time or is delayed, the inflammation of the fallopian tube will accumulate and cause blockage, which will prevent the fertilized egg from entering the uterus and implanting smoothly, and then induce ectopic pregnancy. If ectopic pregnancy cannot be treated in time, it will be extremely harmful!

3. Sexual apathy and sexual aversion

If patients with pelvic inflammatory disease suffer from recurring and long-term unhealed symptoms, they will experience negative emotions such as anxiety, irritability, and depression, which may even affect their normal sexual life, leading to sexual frigidity and sexual aversion, and even in severe cases, the breakdown of their marriage!

4. Ovarian function damage

Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease can cause pelvic congestion and menorrhagia. Over time, menstrual disorders can affect women's ovarian function and even lead to infertility!

What are the common symptoms of pelvic inflammatory disease?

In this regard, gynecological experts said that pelvic inflammatory disease can be divided into acute and chronic pelvic inflammatory disease. Acute pelvic inflammatory disease patients generally have easy fatigue, low fever, lower abdominal distension, lower abdominal pain, lumbar pain, and these symptoms will be aggravated during sexual intercourse, fatigue, and before and after menstruation. Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease patients generally have symptoms such as increased leucorrhea, increased menstrual volume, dysmenorrhea, lower abdominal distension, lower abdominal pain, lumbar pain, low fever, and easy fatigue.

Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease is generally caused by the delay of acute pelvic inflammatory disease due to the lack of timely and effective treatment. Therefore, it is recommended that patients with acute pelvic inflammatory disease should go to a regular professional gynecological hospital as soon as possible for standardized treatment in order to cure the disease as soon as possible.

Causes of pelvic inflammatory disease

1. Improper sexual life

If women start having sex at an early age, have sexual activity too frequently, or have promiscuous sexual relationships, they may cross-infect each other, causing certain diseases to spread widely through sexual behavior and leading to pelvic inflammatory disease.

2. Not paying attention to hygiene or having sex during menstruation

When women have their menstrual period, the endometrium is shed, which is a good place for bacteria to grow. If you do not pay attention to hygiene, use unqualified sanitary napkins, or have sex during this period, it will provide bacteria with opportunities for retrograde infection and lead to pelvic inflammatory disease.

3. Various gynecological postoperative infections

When women undergo gynecological surgery, if the disinfection process is not strict or there is chronic inflammation of the reproductive system, it may cause postoperative infection and cause pelvic inflammatory disease in women.

For the health of themselves and their families, patients should go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time. During the treatment process, they should also pay attention to diet and psychological adjustments, pay attention to the cleanliness of their private parts, prevent bacteria from invading the body again, induce other gynecological inflammations, and endanger their own health.