Causes of pelvic inflammatory disease

When it comes to gynecological diseases, female friends all know and are afraid of common gynecological diseases such as pelvic inflammatory disease, cervicitis, vaginitis, etc. Pelvic inflammatory disease is caused by many factors. Nowadays, people do not take it seriously and only go to the hospital when the condition becomes very serious. Nowadays, many women suffer from gynecological diseases, not just women who have given birth. Lack of attention to hygiene is also another reason.

Women all love beauty, not only the face should be beautiful but also the body should be healthy. Gynecological diseases are very common nowadays. Don’t be afraid if you have pelvic inflammatory disease. It will be easy to deal with as long as the cause is found. Let us learn about the causes of pelvic inflammatory disease.

1. Postpartum or post-abortion infection

After delivery, the mother is weak, the cervix fails to close in time due to lochia discharge, there is a placenta detachment surface in the uterine cavity, or the birth canal is damaged during delivery, or there are placenta and fetal membrane residues, or if she has sexual intercourse too early after delivery, pathogens invade the uterine cavity and easily cause infection; vaginal bleeding lasts too long during spontaneous abortion or medical abortion, or there are tissues remaining in the uterine cavity, or the aseptic operation of the artificial abortion operation is not strict, etc., all of which can cause post-abortion infection.

2. Infection after intrauterine surgery

For example, during the placement or removal of an intrauterine contraceptive device, curettage, hydrotubation, hysterosalpingography, hysteroscopy, submucosal myomectomy, etc., due to preoperative sexual intercourse or lax surgical disinfection or inappropriate selection of preoperative indications, acute infection may occur and spread after the operation; some patients do not pay attention to personal hygiene after the operation, or do not follow the doctor's orders after the operation, which can also cause bacterial ascending infection and cause pelvic inflammatory disease.

3. Poor menstrual hygiene

If you do not pay attention to menstrual hygiene, use unclean sanitary napkins and panty liners, take a bath during menstruation, have sexual intercourse during menstruation, etc., pathogens can invade and cause inflammation.

4. Direct spread of inflammation in adjacent organs

The most common cases are appendicitis and peritonitis. Since they are adjacent to the female internal reproductive organs, the inflammation can spread directly and cause pelvic inflammation. In chronic cervicitis, the inflammation can also spread through the lymphatic circulation and cause pelvic connective tissue inflammation.

5. Others

Acute attacks of chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, etc.

2. Classification

1. Hydrosalpinx and tubo-ovarian cysts

After the fallopian tube becomes inflamed, the fimbria adheres and closes, and serous fluid exudes from the tube wall and accumulates in the tube cavity to form hydrosalpinx. Sometimes, hydrosalpinx can also form after the pus of pyosalpinx is absorbed. If the ovaries are affected at the same time, a tubo-ovarian cyst will form.

2. Salpingitis

It is the most common type of pelvic inflammatory disease; the fallopian tube mucosa and interstitium are destroyed by inflammation, causing the fallopian tube to thicken and fibrose, becoming cord-like, or causing the ovaries, fallopian tubes and surrounding organs to adhere, forming a hard and fixed mass.

3. Chronic pelvic connective tissue inflammation

The inflammation most commonly spreads to the parauterine connective tissue and uterosacral ligament; the local tissue thickens, hardens, and spreads outward in a fan shape to the pelvic wall, and the uterus is fixed or pulled toward the affected side.

Women should love themselves and not let gynecological diseases surround you. The causes of pelvic inflammatory disease are very complicated. If you pay attention to your lifestyle and hygiene in daily life, the chance of getting gynecological diseases will be low. Don't think that if you have a gynecological disease, you can't treat it and it's easy to relapse. Just find the right method to treat it.

Gynecological diseases will no longer bother you.