Is pelvic effusion pelvic inflammatory disease?

In clinical practice, most pelvic effusions are caused by inflammation, that is, exudation from chronic pelvic inflammation. There are also a few physiological effusions caused by ruptured ectopic pregnancy, corpus luteum rupture, pelvic abscess, chocolate cyst, and ovarian cancer.

Pelvic inflammatory disease is an inflammation of the female internal reproductive organs and the surrounding connective tissue, the pelvic peritoneum. The inflammation can be confined to one site or occur in several sites at the same time. It can be divided into acute and chronic. Pelvic inflammatory disease can cause pelvic floor effusion, but pelvic floor effusion does not necessarily mean pelvic inflammatory disease. In addition, pelvic effusion can also occur in appendicitis, ectopic pregnancy, etc.

Pelvic effusion is divided into physiological and pathological. Physiological pelvic effusion often occurs after women ovulate or in early pregnancy, and most of them can disappear naturally without treatment. In clinical practice, pelvic effusion in most women is caused by inflammation, which is the presence of inflammatory exudate in the pelvis. If it is not treated, it can grow slowly. If it is too large, it is not easy to eliminate it with drugs, and surgical treatment is required. Pathological gynecological pelvic effusion is mostly caused by pelvic inflammatory disease, adnexitis or endometriosis. It is recommended to go to the hospital for treatment.

Pathological gynecological pelvic effusion is mostly caused by pelvic inflammatory adnexitis or endometriosis. The cause of pelvic inflammatory adnexitis is often related to the patient's bad hygiene habits, such as having sex during menstruation or within one month after delivery, taking a bath within one month after gynecological surgery, etc. Medical-induced infection caused by improper disinfection during artificial abortion and induced labor can also cause pelvic effusion.