Is pelvic inflammatory disease serious

summary

Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease is often caused by incomplete treatment of acute pelvic inflammatory disease, or patients with poor constitution and prolonged course of disease. However, some women do not have the process of acute pelvic inflammatory disease, but directly manifest as chronic pelvic inflammatory disease. When the inflammation does not heal for a long time, it can cause adhesion of the mucous membrane in the fallopian tube, block the fallopian tube, secondary infertility, or incomplete obstruction of the fallopian tube cavity, When the fimbria end of fallopian tube adheres due to inflammation, hydrosalpinx may also appear, but the patient may not have obvious symptoms. Now I will tell you about the serious pelvic inflammatory disease.

Is pelvic inflammatory disease serious

First: infertility: tubal adhesion obstruction can cause infertility. The incidence of infertility after acute pelvic inflammatory disease was 20% - 30%.

Second: ectopic pregnancy: the incidence of ectopic pregnancy after acute pelvic inflammatory disease is 810 times that of normal women.

Third: chronic pelvic pain: inflammatory adhesions, scars and pelvic congestion, often cause lower abdominal distension, pain and lumbosacral pain, often exacerbated after fatigue, sexual intercourse and menstruation. About 20% of patients with acute pelvic inflammatory disease have chronic pelvic pain. Chronic pelvic pain often occurs in 4-8 weeks after the acute attack of acute pelvic inflammatory disease.

matters needing attention

For such diseases: medical staff in childbirth, abortion, uterine cavity operation should be strictly disinfected, strictly abide by aseptic operating procedures, in order to avoid infection and cause pelvic inflammatory disease, for the sake of prevention, after the operation, appropriate antibiotics should be taken to prevent infection.