Five tips to keep you away from pelvic inflammatory disease

Five tips to keep you away from pelvic inflammatory disease:

1. Pay attention to menstrual hygiene to prevent pelvic inflammatory disease.

During menstruation, the endometrium is exfoliated and bleeding occurs, and the cervix is ​​open. If you do not pay attention to hygiene, it can lead to ascending infection of bacteria and cause pelvic inflammatory disease. Therefore, during menstruation, you should avoid sexual intercourse, swimming, and bathing in a tub, and do not use unclean sanitary pads to prevent pelvic inflammatory disease.

2. Pay attention to sexual hygiene and stay away from infection by sexually transmitted diseases.

Pelvic inflammatory disease often occurs in women who are sexually active, especially those who have their first sexual intercourse at a young age, have multiple sexual partners, have frequent sexual intercourse, or whose sexual partners have sexually transmitted diseases. This is related to the outward migration of the cervical columnar epithelium, the weakening of the defense mechanism, and the susceptibility to infection through sexual intercourse when the sexual partner has a sexually transmitted disease.

3. Completely cure acute pelvic inflammatory disease to prevent it from becoming chronic and recurring.

Acute pelvic inflammatory disease can turn into chronic disease with repeated attacks if it is not completely cured. Therefore, acute pelvic inflammatory disease should be treated actively and thoroughly. Patients should rest in bed or take a semi-recumbent position to facilitate localization of inflammation and discharge of secretions. Antibiotics should be used in sufficient doses and for a sufficient course of treatment as prescribed by the doctor, and combined with Chinese medicine preparations for treatment. The medication can only be stopped after the doctor's examination confirms that the disease is cured.

4. Treat vaginitis promptly to prevent ascending infection of pathogens.

If you experience changes in vulvovaginal itching, increased leucorrhea, yellow color, bean curd-like, watery, or smelly discharge, you may have vulvovaginitis and must go to a regular hospital for treatment in time. Do not avoid seeing a doctor or take medicine on your own, which will delay diagnosis and treatment, causing the infection to spread upward and lead to pelvic inflammatory disease.

5. Prevention before and after surgery, stay away from pelvic inflammatory disease after artificial abortion and other gynecological surgeries.

During childbirth, artificial abortion, and reproductive tract surgery such as IUD insertion and removal, pathogens can invade the pelvic connective tissue and other parts of the internal reproductive organs through trauma to the vulva, vagina, cervix, and uterine body, causing acute pelvic inflammatory disease.