Can a routine leukorrhea test detect pelvic inflammatory disease?

Routine leukorrhea test cannot detect pelvic inflammatory disease. Routine leukorrhea test is mainly used for the examination of gynecological vaginal inflammation, and it is mainly used to check the three common types of gynecological vaginitis, i.e. trichomoniasis, mycosis fungoides and bacterial vaginosis. For mycoplasma and chlamydia infections in a woman’s vagina, routine leukorrhea tests are also meaningless. Mycoplasma and Chlamydia infections mainly pass through the mucous membranes of the reproductive tract and may cause pelvic inflammatory disease. Mycoplasma and Chlamydia infections must be detected by a culture of the leukorrhea, that is, a culture of the cervical secretions, the kind of test that produces results after 24-48 hours. For the examination of pelvic inflammatory disease, it can be done through the gynecologist’s gynecological examination by touching the adnexal area for pressure pain and thickening. You can also do the corresponding examination by ultrasound to see if there is hydrosalpinx and if there are tubal or ovarian cysts to clarify whether there is pelvic inflammatory disease. Ultrasound can be done to see if there is a large amount of fluid in the uterorectal sulcus to clarify whether there is pelvic inflammatory disease.