Chronic gastritis can cause pelvic inflammatory disease

Chronic gastritis is a relatively common stomach disease. Because it is a chronic disease, it causes long-term troubles to many patients. We know that some seemingly unrelated diseases actually have great intrinsic connections. Some female patients with chronic gastritis also suffer from pelvic inflammatory disease. Therefore, I am worried that it is caused by chronic gastritis. So, can chronic gastritis cause pelvic inflammatory disease?

Causes of pelvic inflammatory disease

1. Postpartum or post-abortion infection

After delivery, the mother is weak, the cervix fails to close in time due to lochia discharge, there is a detached surface of the placenta in the uterine cavity, or the birth canal is damaged during delivery, or there are residual placenta and fetal membranes, or if she has sexual intercourse too early after delivery, pathogens invade the uterine cavity and easily cause infection; post-abortion infection can occur if vaginal bleeding lasts too long during spontaneous abortion or medical abortion, or there is tissue residue in the uterine cavity, or the aseptic operation of the artificial abortion is not strict, etc.

2. Infection after intrauterine surgery

For example, during the placement or removal of an intrauterine contraceptive device, curettage, hydrotubation, hysterosalpingography, hysteroscopy, submucosal myomectomy, etc., due to preoperative sexual intercourse, lax surgical disinfection, or inappropriate selection of preoperative indications, acute infection may occur and spread after the operation; some patients do not pay attention to personal hygiene after the operation, or do not follow the doctor's orders after the operation, which can also cause bacterial ascending infection and cause pelvic inflammatory disease.

3. Poor menstrual hygiene

If you do not pay attention to menstrual hygiene, use unclean sanitary napkins and panty liners, take a bath during menstruation, have sexual intercourse during menstruation, etc., pathogens can invade and cause inflammation.

4. Direct spread of inflammation in adjacent organs

The most common cases are appendicitis and peritonitis. Since they are adjacent to the female internal reproductive organs, the inflammation can spread directly and cause pelvic inflammation. In chronic cervicitis, the inflammation can also spread through the lymphatic circulation and cause pelvic connective tissue inflammation.

5. Others

Acute attacks of chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, etc.