What are the symptoms of pelvic inflammatory disease?

What are the symptoms of pelvic inflammatory disease? This is a question that many female friends want to know. Sometimes female friends feel that some of their symptoms are similar to pelvic inflammatory disease, but because they don’t know the specific symptoms of pelvic inflammatory disease, they don’t know how to judge whether they have pelvic inflammatory disease. So what are the symptoms of pelvic inflammatory disease?

Since pelvic inflammatory disease is divided into acute pelvic inflammatory disease and chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, their symptoms will also be different.

1. Symptoms of acute pelvic inflammatory disease:

The main symptoms of acute pelvic inflammatory disease are lower abdominal pain, fever, and increased vaginal discharge. The abdominal pain is persistent and worsens after activity or sexual intercourse. There is a history of acute infection, dull pain in the lower abdomen, muscle tension, tenderness and rebound pain, accompanied by a fast heart rate, fever, and a large amount of purulent vaginal discharge. Severe illness may cause high fever, headache, chills, loss of appetite, a large amount of yellow leucorrhea with odor, abdominal distension, tenderness, and lower back pain; nausea, abdominal distension, vomiting, diarrhea, etc. may occur when there is peritonitis; when an abscess is formed, there may be a lower abdominal mass and local compression and irritation symptoms. If the mass is located in the front, there may be difficulty urinating, frequent urination, and painful urination; if the mass is located in the back, it may cause diarrhea, tenesmus, and difficulty defecation.

2. Symptoms of chronic pelvic inflammatory disease:

Systemic symptoms include low fever and fatigue. Some patients may develop neurasthenia symptoms due to the long course of the disease, such as insomnia, lack of energy, and general discomfort. Lower abdominal distension, pain, and lumbar pain are often aggravated after fatigue, sexual intercourse, and before and after menstruation. Chronic inflammation may lead to pelvic congestion, menorrhagia, menstrual disorders when ovarian function is damaged, and infertility when fallopian tube adhesions and blockages occur. Acute inflammation may cause diffuse peritonitis, sepsis, and even septic shock. Chronic inflammation may affect women's normal work and life, as well as their physical and mental health due to long-term treatment and repeated attacks.