Is pelvic inflammatory disease contagious in women?

It is very common for women to suffer from pelvic inflammatory disease. However, many people do not know whether pelvic inflammatory disease is contagious. There is no correct understanding of pelvic inflammatory disease. The following experts will introduce that generally speaking, pelvic inflammatory disease is not contagious to others. The cause of pelvic inflammatory disease is the spread of inflammation of the external genitalia upwards, or it can be caused by inflammation of adjacent organs or infection in other parts of the body. Bacteria often enter the pelvic cavity during menstruation, miscarriage, childbirth, or through the wounds of various reproductive tract surgeries, causing inflammation.

Experts say that pelvic inflammatory disease is not contagious, but it may cause other diseases, such as spreading infection and causing cervicitis. The main transmission routes are: transmission through blood circulation, spread through the lymphatic system, spread along the genital mucosa, and direct spread after infection of adjacent organs.

1. Transmission through blood circulation: The pathogen first invades other systems of the human body and then infects the genitals through blood circulation. This is the main route of tuberculosis infection.

2. Spread along the genital mucosa: After the pathogen invades the vulva and vagina, it spreads along the mucosa through the cervix, endometrium, and fallopian tube mucosa to the ovaries and abdominal cavity. Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, and Staphylococcus aureus spread along this route.

3. Direct spread: After other organs in the abdominal cavity are infected, they spread directly to the internal reproductive organs. For example, appendicitis can cause right-sided salpingitis.

The above is an introduction to whether pelvic inflammatory disease is contagious in women. I hope the above content can help everyone. Pelvic inflammatory disease should be detected and treated early. I wish you a speedy recovery.