What causes pelvic inflammatory disease?

Pelvic inflammatory disease is a common reproductive tract infection in women. If not treated in time, it may affect future reproductive health. Pelvic inflammatory disease in young women is mainly related to premature sexual intercourse, too frequent sexual intercourse, or multiple sexual partners. Cervicitis and bacterial vaginitis may also lead to pelvic inflammatory disease. Curettage, artificial abortion, tubal insufflation or hysterosalpingography may lead to sexual infection with endogenous pathogens. Having sex during menstruation or using unclean sanitary napkins may cause pelvic inflammatory disease. If there is appendicitis, peritonitis, etc., it may spread to the pelvic cavity and cause pelvic inflammation.

Symptoms of pelvic inflammatory disease

Pelvic inflammatory disease is divided into two categories: acute pelvic inflammatory disease and chronic pelvic inflammatory disease. The symptoms of acute pelvic inflammatory disease are mostly manifested as lower abdominal pain, increased secretions, and abdominal pain that worsens after continuous activities or sexual intercourse. If the condition is serious, fever or even high fever and chills, headache may occur. Lack of appetite, increased menstrual flow and prolonged menstruation may occur during menstruation. If there is peritonitis, digestive system symptoms may occur. Such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal distension, diarrhea, and symptoms of urinary tract infection may also occur, accompanied by symptoms of urinary urgency, frequent urination, and painful urination. If an abscess is formed, there may be a lower abdominal mass or local tenderness and irritation symptoms. Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease. The symptoms of inflammatory disease can be manifested as infertility, odor, pregnancy, chronic pelvic pain, and repeated attacks of pelvic inflammatory disease.

How to check for pelvic inflammatory disease

Pelvic inflammatory disease can be detected through gynecological examination, B-ultrasound examination, temperature measurement, blood test, laboratory tests, etc. Gynecological examination can find that such women have purulent secretions on the cervix, tenderness in the uterus and pelvic cavity. In addition, the body temperature is mostly above 38.3 degrees. B-ultrasound examination can find that the bilateral fallopian tubes are thickened or there is fluid in the pelvic cavity, and some even have fallopian tube pyosalpinx. In addition, blood tests can find that the white blood cell count is relatively high and the C-reactive protein is elevated, which all indicate that the pelvic inflammatory disease is more serious.