What are the causes of gynecological diseases?

Now is the season when gynecological inflammation is prevalent. Many women feel unwell and are not sure whether they have gynecological inflammation. What is gynecological inflammation? What are gynecological inflammations? I believe this is an issue that many female friends are concerned about. Now, Director Duan from Shenzhen Qun Yu Gynecology will give you a detailed introduction.

Director Duan: What we usually call gynecological inflammation mainly refers to the current inflammation of women's reproductive organs, including female vulvitis, vaginitis, cervicitis, and pelvic inflammatory disease caused by various reasons. The female reproductive system is often infected with various inflammations, with symptoms such as vulvar itching, burning and swelling, vaginal congestion, bean-like leucorrhea, excessive leucorrhea, painful intercourse, frequent urination, urgent urination, painful urination, and lower abdominal distension; these symptoms often recur and are long-lasting.

Why are women more likely to suffer from gynecological diseases?

Duan: The causes of gynecological inflammation are many and complex, but they are mainly physiological and pathological.

1. Physiological reasons:

1. The skin of the female vulva is very delicate and has abundant sweat glands. It has many wrinkles, is hidden and not exposed, has poor air permeability, and is most susceptible to attack by pathogens.

2. The female reproductive organs and abdominal cavity are connected to the outside world. This is the unique feature of the female reproductive organs. Pathogens can enter the uterus through the vagina.

3. Under normal circumstances, there are a large number of lactobacilli in the vagina, which decompose glycogen to produce lactic acid, making the vagina acidic and not conducive to the growth of harmful bacteria. However, when local resistance decreases, some bacteria and pathogens will take advantage of the situation and enter.

4. The vaginal opening is close to the urethral opening and anus, and is contaminated by urine and feces, making it easy for bacteria to breed in the body.

5. Due to menstruation and pregnancy, the cervix is ​​immersed in irritating secretions for a long time, causing epithelial shedding, which can easily lead to wrinkles in the cervical endometrium and the lurking of various pathogens in the glands.

(ii) Pathological causes:

1. Not paying attention to hygiene during menstruation, using unclean sanitary pads, having sex during menstruation, etc.;

2. Lax disinfection during intrauterine surgery;

3. Gynecological surgeries such as abortion and childbirth can damage the cervix and vagina, leading to infection;

4. Female vulva and genital mucosa are important organs involved in sexual activities. Sexual intercourse can cause damage or cross infection to local tissues.

5. Infection and transmission of diseases. Unclean sexual life and frequent sexual intercourse lead to the invasion of pathogens.

Are there any dangers if gynecological inflammation is not treated? Will it lead to infertility?

Duan: The incidence of gynecological inflammations such as vaginitis, cervicitis, and pelvic inflammatory disease in married women is as high as over 90%. Gynecological inflammation often leads to increased vaginal discharge in women. Excessive inflammatory secretions can affect the quality of semen, reduce the survival and penetration of damaged sperm, and cause infertility. The bacteria may also ascend to infect the uterine cavity, causing endometritis, fallopian tube inflammation, fallopian tube adhesions, etc., which will hinder the combination of sperm and egg and cause infertility. Moreover, if you become pregnant before the fallopian tube inflammation is cured, ectopic pregnancy is likely to occur.

Many women complain that gynecological inflammation is difficult to treat. The key to treatment is proper methods. You should seek medical attention promptly after becoming ill and not take medication on your own. On the one hand, this will not achieve the purpose of treatment. On the other hand, indiscriminate use of medication can easily cause drug resistance in certain local microorganisms, affecting treatment.

Many women experience the problem of recurring gynecological inflammation. Why is gynecological inflammation so easy to recur?

Duan: The recurrence of gynecological inflammation is caused by many factors:

1. After treatment, some patients stop taking medication because their vulvar itching symptoms are relieved or eliminated. As a result, the bacteria are suppressed, but the disease has not been completely cured. When the pH value of the vagina changes, vaginitis will recur again.

2. Sometimes the couple did not receive treatment at the same time. The woman transmitted the pathogen to the husband through sexual intercourse, making the husband a carrier. However, since the male's physiological structure is different from that of the female, he has no obvious symptoms. If only the woman is treated and the man is not, the bacteria will be repeatedly "transmitted" between the man and the woman through sexual life, causing the woman's vaginitis to relapse.

3. The human body itself is a carrier of certain fungi. If you do not pay attention to hygiene habits, such as always wiping from the anus to the urethra after defecation, certain bacteria may be brought into the vagina and cause recurrence.

4. Frequent use of antibiotics repeatedly destroys the restrictive relationship between vaginal flora, leading to vigorous fungal growth. It is very meaningful to give such patients antifungal drugs for prevention while taking antibiotics or after antibiotic treatment.

5. Not paying attention to hygiene, such as washing underwear and socks at the same time, using sanitary napkins or toilet paper that do not meet hygiene standards, sharing a bathtub with others, etc., which causes cross-infection of germs and leads to recurrence.

Is there any good method now that can completely cure gynecological inflammation?

Duan: There are many types of gynecological inflammation and many methods of treatment. However, common gynecological inflammations in clinical practice include: vulvitis, vaginitis, cervicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, etc.; treatment is also based on the characteristics of different diseases. Only after the cause is clarified can the correct and scientific treatment plan be implemented. Here we briefly introduce several treatment methods that have been clinically proven to be effective.

Pelvic inflammatory disease: - The "heat circulation green diagnosis and treatment system" is based on the different pathogenesis of acute and chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, so the treatment principles adopted are also adjusted: Acute pelvic inflammatory disease is treated with a combination of Chinese and Western medicine, using high-efficiency drugs that clear heat and detoxify, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis combined with physical therapy. Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease is treated with medication supplemented by physical therapy, combined with shortwave, ultrashortwave, and iontophoresis to introduce drug ions into the lesion site, loosen pelvic adhesions, and eliminate pelvic inflammation. Thermal circulation green diagnosis and treatment system "washing, compressing, irrigation, and taking medicine" is a multi-pronged approach to treat pelvic inflammatory disease

Vulvitis and vaginitis: - Typing and vaginal protection balanced therapy, which uses the American true color electronic colposcope to accurately and clearly observe the lesions in the relevant parts of the vulva, realizes the typing detection, precise identification and targeted treatment of pathogenic bacteria. It is safe, painless, thorough and has no recurrence. Since its application, it has been well received by patients and industry experts. Differentiated vaginal protection balancing therapy - quickly and thoroughly treat vulvitis and make you a refreshed woman.