Young white-collar workers suffer from pelvic inflammatory disease caused by exercise during menstruation

Judy is a senior white-collar worker in a foreign company. She is usually under great pressure at work and has to sit in front of the computer for nearly 10 hours every day. Judy saw on the Internet that white-collar workers who sit for a long time are prone to pelvic inflammatory disease, so she made a weekend fitness plan for herself, playing badminton for 2 hours in the gym, riding a spinning bike for half an hour, and practicing yoga for 2 hours at home. Judy has always insisted on implementing her plan. Judy thought, I pay so much attention to exercise, pelvic inflammatory disease will not find me. Who knew that last weekend, after Judy worked out, she suddenly felt unwell and had severe pain in her lower abdomen. Then she broke out in a sweat, felt nauseous and dizzy, and couldn't stand up due to back pain. The fitness coach immediately sent Judy to the hospital for treatment.

Examination revealed that Judy had lower abdominal pain and refused to press. B-ultrasound showed a 2-cm chocolate cyst on one ovary. Laboratory tests showed elevated white blood cells and neutrophils. The doctor found that Judy was menstruating. The diagnosis was pelvic inflammatory disease due to strenuous exercise during menstruation. The doctor gave Judy intravenous antibiotics and oral Chinese patent medicine. After active treatment, Judy's abdominal pain disappeared and other symptoms also disappeared.

The doctor told Judy that moderate exercise can not only keep women slim and well-proportioned, but also be beneficial to women's health. However, excessive exercise can lead to women's physical exhaustion, which can affect women's health, cause a series of gynecological diseases such as pelvic inflammatory disease, and even lead to serious consequences such as infertility. Therefore, the greater the intensity of exercise, the more beneficial it is to women's health.

The doctor specifically reminded Judy to avoid strenuous physical exercise during her menstrual period. This is because if she continues to do strenuous exercise without restraint during her menstrual period as she does on normal days, it may cause menstrual blood to flow back from the uterus into the female pelvic cavity, and the endometrial debris that flows in with the menstrual blood may cling to the ovaries. As the amount accumulates, it will eventually form an ovarian chocolate cyst.

Judy followed the doctor's advice and said she would not exercise during her menstrual period in the future. She would also pay attention to hygiene after exercise to avoid pelvic inflammatory disease again.