How to check for pelvic inflammatory disease

Pelvic inflammatory disease is one of the more common gynecological inflammations among women. After suffering from pelvic inflammatory disease, there will be symptoms of abdominal pain, but pelvic inflammatory disease is not the only symptom of abdominal pain. Many diseases can cause abdominal pain, so it is necessary to do an examination to determine whether it is pelvic inflammatory disease. So how to check pelvic inflammatory disease?

Pelvic inflammatory disease is an inflammation of the female upper reproductive tract and its surrounding tissues, mainly including endometritis, salpingitis, tubo-ovarian abscess, and pelvic peritonitis. The inflammation can be confined to one part or involve several parts at the same time. The most common ones are salpingitis and salpingo-oophoritis. These inflammations have a great impact on women's future pregnancies, so they must be taken seriously. Once symptoms similar to pelvic inflammatory disease are found, they should be checked and treated as soon as possible.

How to check for pelvic inflammatory disease

1. Symptom Check

Some experienced doctors will judge whether it is pelvic inflammatory disease based on the symptoms provided by the patient. Generally speaking, pelvic inflammatory disease has certain unique symptoms. For example, acute pelvic inflammatory disease will have symptoms such as high fever, chills, headache, loss of appetite and lower abdominal pain. Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease also has mild lower abdominal pain and back pain, and lower abdominal distension. It often worsens after fatigue and sexual intercourse, and the menstruation and leucorrhea increase. However, this examination method is not very accurate and requires professional examination to confirm.

2. Ultrasound examination

Ultrasound examination of a mass suspected of being an abscess can reveal multiple echo areas in the mass, indicating that there is liquid pus in the mass. This method is a non-invasive examination, simple and easy to perform, and its reliability can be as high as over 90%.

3. Posterior fornix puncture examination

Posterior fornix puncture is one of the commonly used and valuable diagnostic methods for gynecological acute abdomen. Through puncture, the contents of the abdominal cavity or the uterine rectal fossa, such as normal peritoneal fluid, fresh, old, clotted blood, purulent secretions or pus, can further clarify the diagnosis, and microscopic examination and culture of the punctured material are even more necessary.