How much do you know about common pelvic inflammatory disease examination methods?

Pelvic inflammatory disease is a serious health disease for women. Patients often feel severe pain in the lower abdomen, fever, etc. What are the examination methods for pelvic inflammatory disease ? The following is a brief introduction to the common examination methods for pelvic inflammatory disease.

The main examination methods for pelvic inflammatory disease include ultrasound examination, radioisotope scanning, computed tomography (CT), etc. Since the pelvic abscess is large, low-lying, and can be touched with a sense of fluctuation, its diagnosis is generally not difficult. If necessary, puncture and aspiration can be used. If the pus is sucked out, the pelvic inflammatory disease examination can confirm the diagnosis.

When conducting an examination for pelvic inflammatory disease, it is important to take bacterial smears and cultures (including anaerobic cultures) of the secretions obtained through cervical os, posterior fornix puncture or laparoscopy, and to perform drug sensitivity tests in order to more accurately understand the pathogens that cause the disease and take targeted measures.

Because the presence of pelvic inflammatory disease cannot be confirmed by the symptoms and signs of the medical history alone. When asking about the medical history, attention should be paid to whether the patient has an intrauterine contraceptive device, and to understand the patient's sexual history, whether there is excessive or promiscuous intercourse. If possible, ultrasound examinations should be performed routinely during the examination of pelvic inflammatory disease to determine whether there is a mass in the pelvic cavity.

The above is an introduction to the common examination methods for pelvic inflammatory disease. I hope it will be helpful to everyone. Once you suffer from pelvic inflammatory disease, you must go to a regular hospital for treatment immediately to avoid delaying the disease.