What is postpartum pelvic effusion?

Giving birth to a child is a very joyous event for women, because with the birth of a newborn, they have been promoted from the ranks of expectant mothers to the ranks of mothers. Of course, becoming a mother means that you have more and more responsibilities. As your baby grows, you must also pay attention to your personal health, after all, the baby is fed with breast milk. So, what exactly is postpartum pelvic effusion?

Postpartum pelvic effusion is actually the presence of inflammatory exudate in the pelvic cavity. The inducing factors are bacterial infection, etc. It can occur in pelvic inflammatory disease, adnexitis or endometriosis. There are two types of pelvic effusion, including physiological pelvic effusion and pathological pelvic effusion. Postpartum mothers are found to have pelvic effusion, the main reasons are:

1. Physiological pelvic effusion. Because the pelvic cavity is the lowest part of the abdominal cavity in the whole body, when there is exudate or leaked fluid, it will be drained into the pelvic cavity, thus forming pelvic effusion. Some normal women will have a small amount of blood accumulated in the pelvic cavity during menstruation or ovulation, forming pelvic effusion. Such pelvic effusion is sometimes a good thing. It proves that the woman's fallopian tube is unobstructed. If the fallopian tube has exudation, if the umbrella end is unobstructed, a small amount of exudate will flow into the pelvic cavity, thus forming pelvic effusion.

If the fallopian tube is blocked, it will cause hydrosalpinx and fallopian tube thickening. Such pelvic effusion is generally small in amount and will be gradually absorbed, so there is no need to be afraid. Generally no treatment is required.

2. Pathological pelvic effusion. Clinically, pelvic effusion in most women is caused by inflammation. There is inflammatory exudate in the pelvis. If it is not treated, it can grow slowly. If it is too large, it cannot be easily eliminated by medication and surgery is required. Pathological gynecological pelvic effusion is mostly caused by pelvic inflammatory disease, adnexitis or endometriosis. The causes of pelvic inflammatory disease and adnexitis are often related to the patient's bad hygiene habits, such as having sexual intercourse during menstruation, within one month after childbirth, taking a bath within one month after gynecological surgery, etc.

Medical-induced infection caused by improper disinfection during artificial abortion and induced labor can also cause pelvic effusion. If there are chronic infection lesions, it may be caused by inflammation of the gynecological system such as the ovaries and fallopian tubes in the pelvic cavity, causing pelvic effusion. It may also be caused by tuberculosis or tumors. In a few cases, it is caused by ectopic pregnancy rupture, corpus luteum rupture, pelvic abscess, chocolate cyst, and ovarian cancer.

Pelvic effusion is rarely caused by tuberculosis.