Women of childbearing age should be alerted to the occurrence of pelvic inflammatory disease if they experience symptoms such as pain in the abdomen, lumbosacral pain, increased leucorrhea and fatigue. The latter is often the result of incomplete treatment during the acute phase, which can lead to menstrual disorders and infertility due to its long onset and stubbornness, which seriously affects women’s physical and mental health.
Common causes
1, postpartum or post-abortion infection: after childbirth or miscarriage, women are weak, the cervical opening has not yet closed, pathogens are prone to invade the uterine cavity and cause infection.
2, gynecological surgery after the operation of infection: such as intrauterine device, scraping, tubal lavage, etc., due to surgical sterilization is not strict, or the reproductive tract of the original chronic inflammation, the surgical interference and inflammation caused by the spread.
3, unclean menstrual hygiene: such as menstrual period does not pay attention to hygiene and cleanliness, menstrual swimming, tub bath, sexual intercourse, etc.
4, infection with sexually transmitted diseases: history of unclean sexual intercourse, multiple sexual partners, premature sexual life, sexual intercourse too often easily lead to the invasion of sexually transmitted diseases pathogens, such as gonorrhea, mycoplasma, chlamydia infection.
5, the direct spread of inflammation of adjacent organs: such as appendicitis, peritonitis, etc.
6, intrauterine device: survey shows that the prevalence of intrauterine device users is 2~4 times higher than that of non-users.
Clinical manifestations
The typical symptoms of acute pelvic inflammatory disease are fever, lower abdominal pain and refusal to press, leucorrhea, purulent, high fever, chills, headache, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, etc. In severe cases, abscess formation may be observed.
Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease can be characterized by low fever, easy fatigue, mental discomfort and discomfort around the body; or sometimes lower abdominal swelling, pain and lumbosacral pain, often intensified before and after exertion, sexual intercourse and menstruation. Patients often suffer from menstrual disorders such as excessive menstruation and prolonged menstruation, and obstruction of the fallopian tubes can lead to infertility.
Treatment methods
Chinese medicine has the characteristics of low toxic side effects, individualized treatment, significant improvement of chronic symptoms, enhancement of physical fitness and immunity, and low recurrence rate in the treatment of pelvic inflammatory disease. The gynecology department of our hospital adopts a combination of Chinese and Western medicine, Chinese herbal enema, physical therapy, ion introduction, psychological intervention and other methods to treat pelvic inflammatory disease in stages and individualized treatment, which has achieved remarkable efficacy with a total efficiency of more than 95%.
For patients in the acute stage, Chinese herbal medicines are used to clear heat and detoxify the toxins, drain pus, resolve stasis and relieve pain, together with antibiotic treatment, to quickly relieve symptoms, inhibit the spread of inflammation and prevent the condition from spreading and turning into chronic and recurrent. For patients with chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, in addition to Chinese herbal treatment, we also actively cooperate with external treatment methods such as heat-clearing and detoxifying herbal enemas, physical therapy, hot compresses and ion introduction to improve the efficacy and achieve the goal of complete eradication.
Prevention and regimen
1, pay attention to hygiene and cleanliness, wash the vulva every night, change underwear regularly, wash the vulva before and after intercourse.
2, during menstruation and after gynecological surgery, sex, swimming and tub bathing are prohibited.
3, avoid eating cold, spicy and stimulating food.
4.Live a regular life, feel comfortable, exercise, and enhance physical fitness.
5, good contraception, minimize the trauma of abortion.
6, acute pelvic inflammatory disease patients, must comply with medical advice to actively cooperate with treatment. For patients with chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, do not overwork and abstain from intercourse to avoid aggravation of symptoms.