How to prevent recurrence of pelvic effusion

Pelvic effusion is a relatively common disease, and pathological pelvic effusion also needs timely treatment. Of course, after treating pelvic effusion, many women will experience recurrence. In order to avoid the recurrence of pelvic effusion, female friends need to take some care and preventive measures after treating pelvic effusion. Next, I will introduce to you some related knowledge such as prevention methods of pelvic effusion!

1. How to prevent recurrence of pelvic effusion?

1. Pay attention to hygiene during menstruation, post-abortion and postpartum period: If you do not pay attention to hygiene during menstruation, postpartum period and after artificial abortion, use unclean sanitary napkins, take a sitz bath or have sexual intercourse, bacteria can easily ascend through the mucous membrane and cause pelvic inflammation.

2. Avoid excessive fatigue during menstruation. Exposing the lower abdomen to cold or working in rain or cold water can induce infection due to decreased body resistance.

3. Actively preventing and treating sexually transmitted diseases is important for preventing pelvic inflammatory disease.

4. Treat lower reproductive tract infections such as vaginitis promptly.

5. Actively treating inflammation of other organs in the pelvic and abdominal cavity, such as appendicitis, colon diverticulitis, tuberculosis, etc., can reduce the incidence of pelvic inflammatory disease to avoid the spread of inflammation to the uterus and appendages.

6. Actively treat systemic acute and chronic diseases such as purulent tonsillitis, mumps, scarlet fever, typhoid and paratyphoid, which can spread through the blood and bring pathogens into the pelvic cavity, causing infection.

7. Strengthening physical exercise and enhancing the body's disease resistance and immune function are important for preventing infection.

2. What is pelvic effusion?

Pelvic effusion is a manifestation rather than a disease. To be more precise, it is a description of fluid in the pelvic cavity by imaging. It can be divided into physiological pelvic effusion and pathological pelvic effusion. Pathological pelvic effusion may occur after pelvic inflammatory disease, adnexitis or endometriosis and is the main imaging feature of pelvic inflammatory disease. If there is mild pelvic effusion after pregnancy, it usually has little effect on the fetus.

3. Symptoms of pelvic effusion

1. Abdominal distension, feeling of sinking, and abdominal pain

Discomfort often occurs on one or both sides of the abdomen. It may be caused by pathological or physiological pelvic effusion, and the feeling is similar to premenstrual bloating and lower abdominal pain.

2. Affecting conception

Because pathological pelvic effusion can easily lead to fallopian tube blockage, affect the implantation of the fertilized egg, and even increase the risk of ectopic pregnancy.

3. Irregular menstruation

When pelvic effusion is not treated for a long time, the inflammation and effusion will affect the normal function of the ovaries and hormone secretion, making it easy to have irregular menstruation and pelvic congestion problems. Click on the blue words to learn more about menstrual irregularities: 5 types of women are most likely to suffer from menstrual irregularities. Come and see if you are one of them.

4. Reduce genital resistance

More prone to gynecological diseases, lack of energy and illness.