Is there a connection between salpingo-oophoritis in women and sexual activity?
Salpingo-oophoritis refers to the inflammation of the fallopian tubes and ovaries, which is one of the common gynecological inflammations in women. When the disease occurs, patients experience continuous or intermittent pulling pain and a feeling of heaviness on both sides or one side. In the early stages, there may only be slight pain or discomfort, which worsens during menstruation, so it is often ignored and considered a normal reaction to the physiological cycle.
So, is there a connection between salpingo-oophoritis in women and sexual activity?
Gynecological experts introduce: Sexual activity is one of the major factors leading to salpingo-oophoritis, but not the only factor. Therefore, even without sexual activity, women can still develop salpingo-oophoritis.
So, what are the causes of salpingo-oophoritis?
[1] After childbirth or abortion, due to decreased resistance, pathogens can infect through the reproductive tract and spread to the fallopian tubes and ovaries, then throughout the pelvis, causing inflammation.
[2] Not paying attention to menstrual hygiene, having sex during menstruation, or unclean sexual intercourse.
[3] Sexually transmitted diseases like gonorrhea, where after infection, gonococcal bacteria can spread along the mucosa, causing inflammation of the fallopian tubes and ovaries.
[4] While intrauterine devices are widely used, infections can occur due to lack of personal hygiene or improper surgical procedures.
[5] When there is an infection in another part of the body that has not been treated in time, pathogens can spread through the bloodstream, causing salpingo-oophoritis, commonly seen in tuberculosis-related diseases.
[6] Performing uterine cavity operations without strict sterilization, such as suction curettage, hysterosalpingography with iodized oil, cervical canal treatment, and infections from obstetric surgeries without proper sterilization.
[7] When pelvic or tubal adjacent organs become inflamed, such as appendicitis, the inflammation can directly spread, causing salpingo-oophoritis and pelvic peritonitis. The inflammation usually affects the fallopian tube and ovary on the side nearest to the affected organ.
Gynecological experts remind: Women should develop good living habits and sexual habits, pay attention to genital cleanliness, but moderately, change underwear frequently, pay attention to sexual hygiene, and prevent bacterial infections from entering. Actively treat inflammatory lesions along the way, such as vaginitis and cervical erosion, to avoid affecting surrounding organs and causing salpingo-oophoritis.
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