Does inflammation affect menstruation?

Gynecological diseases are relatively common in women, mainly due to women's failure to pay attention to personal hygiene and unclean sexual life. Therefore, when gynecological inflammation occurs, women should seek treatment in time. Gynecological inflammation can affect the onset of menstruation and cause symptoms of irregular menstruation, which is related to uterine congestion, and can also cause an increase in leucorrhea with an odor. You can learn about the impact of inflammation on menstruation.

Can inflammation cause amenorrhea?

1. Pelvic inflammatory disease: Due to pelvic congestion, patients may have increased menstruation, and menstrual disorders may occur when ovarian function is damaged.

2. Endometritis: The main symptoms of chronic endometritis are irregular menstruation or uterine bleeding, lower abdominal pain or distension, increased vaginal discharge, fever, etc.

3. Chronic cervicitis: The main symptom is increased vaginal discharge. When the inflammation spreads to the pelvic cavity, there may be lumbar pain, lower abdominal distension and dysmenorrhea. These symptoms worsen before and after menstruation, bowel movements, and sexual intercourse. Sometimes it is accompanied by frequent urination, difficulty urinating, irregular menstruation, infertility, etc.

Suggestions: Since gynecological inflammation does affect menstruation, if female friends find that their normal menstruation has changed, it is best to go to the hospital for examination as soon as possible to see if it is affected by gynecological inflammation, and then adopt appropriate treatment methods according to the specific situation.

Gynecological inflammation is a common disease among women, mainly referring to inflammation of the female reproductive organs (vulvitis, vaginitis, cervicitis, metritis, pelvic inflammatory disease, adnexitis, sexually transmitted diseases, etc.). The female reproductive organs usually suffer from different acute and chronic inflammations, which occur after being invaded and infected by various pathogenic bacteria. If inflammation is not treated in time, it may cause the inflammation to spread and cross-infect various physiological parts, and will bring many complications, which will have adverse effects on the immune function, metabolism and endocrine system, and may even lead to malignant lesions in certain parts of the body. If it happens to a pregnant woman, it may cause intrauterine infection, birth canal infection, etc., affecting the newborn, resulting in serious consequences such as miscarriage, premature birth, congenital malformations, and mental retardation.

Gynecological diseases are common and frequently occurring diseases among women. However, many people lack proper knowledge about gynecological diseases, lack of physical health care, and various bad living habits, which makes their physical health deteriorate, resulting in some women suffering from diseases that cannot be cured for a long time, causing great inconvenience to their normal life and work. Common types include: functional uterine bleeding, menstruation, cervical cancer, maternal and child diseases, mastitis, urethritis, menopausal syndrome, etc.

What are the symptoms of gynecological inflammation

The manifestations of gynecological inflammation are diverse, but the early symptoms are generally mild and easily ignored. When women experience the following symptoms, they must be alert to gynecological diseases and seek medical treatment in a timely manner. Gynecological inflammation mainly has the following symptoms:

1. Vaginitis: The main symptoms are increased vaginal discharge and vulvar itching, or burning, pain, and pain during sexual intercourse. The discharge is typically thin, purulent, yellow-green, frothy, and has a foul odor. If combined with urinary tract infection, there may be frequent urination, painful urination, and sometimes hematuria.

2. Cervicitis: Some cases are asymptomatic, while those with symptoms have increased vaginal discharge, which is mucopurulent. The stimulation of vaginal discharge can cause itching and burning sensation in the vagina, and symptoms such as intermenstrual bleeding and bleeding after sexual intercourse may also occur. In addition, there are often lower urinary tract symptoms, such as urgency, frequency, and pain when urinating. Gynecological examination revealed cervical congestion, edema, and mucosal eversion, with purulent secretions flowing out of the cervical canal. The cervix was tender, brittle, and easily bleeding when touched.

3. Adnexitis: Adnexitis can be divided into acute and chronic. Acute adnexitis is accompanied by symptoms of abdominal pain and fever; chronic adnexitis is accompanied by symptoms of abdominal pain, increased leucorrhea, etc. Chronic adnexitis is one of the causes of female infertility.

4. Pelvic inflammatory disease: acute and chronic. The acute disease has an acute onset and develops rapidly, with symptoms such as high fever, abdominal pain and distension, accompanied by nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, chills, headache, etc. Chronic symptoms include general fatigue and lack of energy, which are especially severe during menstruation and after sexual intercourse.