The dangers of repeated episodes of acute pelvic inflammatory disease

If acute pelvic inflammatory disease is not cured promptly and thoroughly, it can easily cause the following hazards, causing serious damage to women's health, especially if acute pelvic inflammatory disease recurs, which can cause greater harm.

1. Causes chronic pelvic pain

If pelvic inflammatory disease is not treated thoroughly or promptly, it can easily lead to chronic pelvic pain in women. Clinical case statistics show that about 20% of patients with acute pelvic inflammatory disease will have chronic pelvic pain after treatment, and it often occurs within 4 to 8 weeks after the onset of acute inflammation. It should be noted that if the inflammation is not well controlled and pelvic inflammatory disease recurs, the chance of chronic pelvic pain will increase greatly. According to statistics, the incidence of chronic pelvic pain is about 12% after one attack of acute pelvic inflammatory disease, and the incidence of chronic pelvic pain is about 67% when acute pelvic inflammatory disease occurs more than 3 times.

2. Cause ectopic pregnancy

If acute pelvic inflammatory disease is not treated thoroughly, it will greatly increase the chance of ectopic pregnancy in women. According to statistics, compared with normal women, the chance of ectopic pregnancy after acute pelvic inflammatory disease is 8 to 10 times higher, and the more times pelvic inflammatory disease recurs, the greater the chance of ectopic pregnancy. Studies have found that after one attack of acute pelvic inflammatory disease, the incidence of ectopic pregnancy is 6%; after two attacks of acute pelvic inflammatory disease, the incidence of ectopic pregnancy is 12%; after three attacks of acute pelvic inflammatory disease, the incidence of ectopic pregnancy is 22%.