Detailed explanation of the symptoms of chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, a must-read for women

Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease is one of the common female diseases in life. It is usually caused by incomplete treatment of the patient and repeated attacks of the disease. This disease often manifests as irregular menstruation, increased leucorrhea, and low back and abdominal pain, which has a great impact on women's health. Let us take a detailed look at the specific matters of chronic pelvic inflammatory disease.

Symptoms of chronic pelvic inflammatory disease

1. Chronic pelvic pain

Scar adhesions caused by chronic inflammation and pelvic congestion often cause lower abdominal distension, pain, and lumbar pain. It often worsens after fatigue, long periods of standing, sexual intercourse, and before and after menstruation.

2. Infertility and ectopic pregnancy

Adhesions and blockage of the fallopian tubes can cause infertility and ectopic pregnancy. The incidence of infertility after acute pelvic inflammatory disease is 20%-30%. And as the disease progresses, the infertility rate shows an upward trend.

3. Abnormal menstruation

Endometritis often causes increased vaginal discharge, menstrual disorders, heavy menstrual bleeding, dysmenorrhea, and sexual discomfort. Pelvic congestion can cause increased menstrual flow, and ovarian dysfunction can cause menstrual disorders.

4. Systemic symptoms

Some patients may experience symptoms of neurasthenia, such as lack of energy, general discomfort, insomnia, etc. When the patient's resistance is weak, acute or subacute attacks are likely to occur.

Causes of chronic pelvic inflammatory disease

1. Immune factors

When the natural defense function is destroyed, the body's immune function is reduced, endocrine changes occur, or exogenous pathogens invade, inflammation may also occur.

2. Disease migration

If acute pelvic inflammatory disease is not treated thoroughly, the disease may prolong and lead to chronic pelvic inflammatory disease. It may also be caused by the direct spread of inflammation from adjacent organs, such as appendicitis, peritonitis, etc., which spread to the pelvic cavity, leading to the occurrence of chronic pelvic inflammatory disease. The main pathogen is Escherichia coli.

3. Chlamydia infection

The patient may have no history of acute pelvic inflammatory disease, but may be infected with Chlamydia trachomatis.

4. Pathological changes

Some chronic pelvic inflammatory disease is the pathological changes left over from acute pelvic inflammatory disease and there are no pathogens present.

5. Postpartum, abortion and gynecological surgery

Various surgeries and invasive examinations that cause certain damage to the pelvic cavity, such as curettage, hysteroscopy, and artificial abortion, or failure to strictly adhere to the principles of sterility, can lead to genital mucosal damage, bleeding, and necrosis, leading to ascending infection of pathogens from the endogenous flora of the lower genital tract.

6. Related to sexual activity and age

Pelvic inflammatory disease often occurs in sexually active women, especially those who have their first sexual intercourse at a young age, have multiple sexual partners, have sexual intercourse too frequently, or whose sexual partners have sexually transmitted diseases.

7. Lower genital tract infection

Sexually transmitted diseases of the lower genital tract, such as gonorrhea, chlamydial cervicitis, and bacterial vaginosis, can pass through the connection between the lower genital tract and the pelvic cavity, leading to pelvic inflammatory disease.

8. Poor sexual hygiene

Having sex during menstruation, using unclean menstrual pads, taking baths, etc. can allow pathogens to invade and cause inflammation. In addition, those who do not pay attention to sexual hygiene and neglect vaginal douching have a high incidence of pelvic inflammatory disease.

9. Acute attack of chronic pelvic inflammatory disease

Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease causes extensive pelvic adhesions, fallopian tube damage, and decreased fallopian tube defense capabilities, which can easily lead to reinfection and repeated attacks of the disease, leading to acute attacks of chronic pelvic inflammatory disease.

The dangers of chronic pelvic inflammatory disease

1. May cause infertility

Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease is a very serious gynecological disease. These symptoms often affect both fallopian tubes, causing adhesions in the lumen or even complete blockage. Then, the sperm and egg cannot combine and female infertility will occur.

2. Affecting the couple’s life

Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease can cause symptoms such as low back pain. Once it occurs, it will cause patients to experience negative emotions such as anxiety, irritability, restlessness, and depression. If it is not treated for a long time, it will cause sexual indifference and affect sexual life.

3. Leading to ectopic pregnancy

Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease affects women's fallopian tubes, mostly bilateral salpingitis. The longer it is not treated, the more it will lead to adhesion and blockage of the fallopian tubes, narrowing or closure of the lumen, and finally the inability of the fertilized egg to implant in the uterine cavity, and ectopic pregnancy will occur.

If you suffer from chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, you must go to the hospital for treatment in time. In daily health care, we should also have a preventive awareness and always be prepared to prevent pelvic inflammatory disease, because once infected with this disease will bring a lot of inconvenience to women.