Can pelvic inflammatory disease cause infertility?

Pelvic inflammatory disease refers to inflammation of the uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries or their surrounding tissues in a woman's pelvic cavity, including the pelvic peritoneum.

Pelvic inflammatory disease, which can cause infertility

Pelvic inflammatory disease can be divided into acute and chronic. The former has an acute onset and generally has an obvious cause. If the treatment is timely, thorough and effective, it can often be cured. When acute inflammation is not completely treated, it can turn into a chronic disease. However, more often, it is due to the slow onset and the mild condition that does not attract attention. Therefore, it is not treated in time and becomes a chronic disease. This type of pelvic inflammatory disease often causes infertility in women.

Pelvic inflammatory disease that does not affect fertility

Patients with pelvic inflammatory disease often experience lower abdominal distension, pain, and lumbosacral soreness, which is often aggravated by fatigue, after sexual intercourse, during bowel movements, and before and after menstruation. Patients may have increased menstruation and leucorrhea, menstrual disorders when ovarian function is impaired, and infertility when fallopian tube adhesions and blockages occur. If the inflammation is limited to the pelvic connective tissue and the fallopian tubes are not involved, it will not affect fertility and pregnancy is still possible.