How harmful is pelvic inflammatory disease?

There are many patients with pelvic inflammatory disease in our lives. Pelvic inflammatory disease refers to inflammation caused by the female abdomen, and this part has many female organs. Therefore, after suffering from pelvic inflammatory disease, it is necessary to actively treat it, otherwise it is likely to cause damage to the female ovulation function, and there will be unbearable abdominal pain during menstruation. In severe cases, it is very likely to cause infertility. So how harmful is pelvic inflammatory disease?

1. Tubal pregnancy, ectopic pregnancy

Chronic salpingitis is the most common factor that interferes with the normal functioning of the fertilized egg, such as the common cause of tubal pregnancy. It has been reported that in foreign countries, the risk of pelvic inflammatory disease can increase ectopic pregnancy by 2 to 7 times.

2. Septic shock

In severe cases of infection, pathogens multiply rapidly in the body. These bacteria can secrete large amounts of endotoxins. The blood endotoxins circulate throughout the body, causing the body to react quickly. This is a cause of acute infectious shock.

If it is not discovered and treated in time, it may cause life-threatening danger.

3. Infertility

For women who have not given birth, gynecological diseases are the biggest cause of infertility. Any inflammation of the uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries or surrounding tissues in the female pelvic cavity, including the pelvic peritoneum, can cause female infertility.

Especially when acute inflammation turns into chronic if not thoroughly treated, or because chronic pelvic inflammatory disease has a slow onset and the condition is mild and is not noticed, untimely treatment and persistent chronic disease often cause infertility in women.

4. Damage to the couple’s life

The symptoms of chronic pelvic inflammatory disease will often recur and last for a long time, causing patients to have negative emotions such as anxiety, irritability, depression, and secondary sexual apathy and sexual aversion, which will damage the couple's life. This is also one of the symptoms of chronic pelvic inflammatory disease.

5. Cause ectopic pregnancy

The symptoms of this chronic pelvic inflammatory disease are mostly bilateral salpingitis, which can cause adhesion and blockage of the fallopian tubes, and narrowing or closure of the lumen over a long period of time. This causes the fertilized egg to be unable to implant in the uterine cavity, resulting in an ectopic pregnancy.

The above introduces the harm caused by pelvic inflammatory disease. If you are affected by this disease, you must pay attention to it. Especially for women who have not given birth, timely treatment is necessary to ensure their health.