The health of women requires special attention and careful attention, because it is the state of health that ensures the most important purpose of a woman - to experience the joy of motherhood.
Quite often, due to the rapid rhythm of life, the manifesting symptoms of the disease are not given the necessary attention, which can cause their transition to the chronic form.
The most dangerous is that most diseases of the genital area in women can be asymptomatic, making it difficult to diagnose and promptly started a course of treatment. These diseases often include inflammation of the appendages in women, or adnexitis.
Causes of inflammation of the appendages in women, what could be the consequences
Inflammation of the appendages affects women of different ages - both young girls who are not sexually active and elderly women during menopause. Consequently, the cause of inflammation is not sex life, but problems that have come from childhood.
The main causes of the inflammatory process in the female appendages are:
- Sexually transmitted infections - sexually transmitted diseases.
- The presence of microorganisms that penetrate the genital tract: viruses, fungi, protozoa and bacteria.
- Nervous strain.
The following reasons can provoke an illness in a woman:
- Great physical exertion.
- Endocrine disorders.
- The presence of allergic reactions.
- Childbirth.
- Abortion.
- Hormonal disorders.
- Unclaimed sexuality.
- Viral diseases.
- Infection of the internal genital organs of a woman that can be caused by: childbirth, abortion, menstruation, sexual intercourse during the menstrual cycle, intrauterine intervention and other factors.
Inflammation of the appendages carries a considerable danger; in no case should we postpone treatment because of the possible consequences.
The main risk factors for the development of the inflammatory process in women are:
- frequent change of sexual partners;
- use (installation) of the spiral;
- douching;
- transferred venereal diseases.
Signs and symptoms
Symptoms are of varying degrees of manifestation, they can be periodic or be permanent. It depends on the degree of inflammation.
Symptoms of inflammation of the appendages depend on the form of the disease.
In the acute form of inflammation, the following symptoms may appear:
- Pain in the abdomen, which can give to the lumbar;
- Increased body temperature, sometimes up to 38-39 degrees, with a manifestation of fever and general malaise;
- Disruption of the menstrual cycle;
- The presence of bleeding between periods;
- The appearance of heavy discharge from the vagina greenish-purulent or yellowish.
The chronic form of the disease is protracted chronic in nature and periods of exacerbation. It manifests the same symptoms as in acute inflammation, but only to a lesser extent. As a rule, the chronic form develops after an acute form of inflammation that is not fully treated or self-treated. During periods of exacerbation, the following symptoms of the disease are observed:
- A whining character pain in the lower abdomen and vagina. Increased pain occurs before menstruation, with colds and hypothermia;
- Violations in the sexual life - decreased libido, pain sensation during intercourse;
- Discharge of whiter in scant form, but permanent;
- The impossibility of pregnancy with regular sexuality.
The sluggish form of the disease is the most dangerous, since the inflammatory process is asymptomatic.
This form of inflammation is characterized by a weak and weak general condition in a woman.
Unfortunately, these signs, in most cases, are not the reasons for a woman to consult a gynecologist. However, at this time, the disease is progressing.
Such a sluggish form of the disease is most feared, since the treatment started at the wrong time, the neglected form of the disease, lead to various consequences and complications, up to infertility.
Any form of inflammation of the appendages affects the nervous system of women. Appears insomnia, irritability, fatigue, decreased performance.
How to treat the disease
If any suspicion of inflammation of the appendages appears, the gynecologist must be consulted, since the outcome of the disease depends on the timely initiated treatment.
The attending physician selects the necessary course of treatment based on the form and stage of the disease, the reasons for its occurrence and the nature of the symptoms.
The treatment is complex. This is especially true of the acute form of the disease. In addition to taking medications and taking a course of antibiotics, you must complete a course of physiotherapy.
Drugs and anti-inflammatory course can only relieve symptoms of inflammation and stop the development of infection. It is for this reason, in most cases, that the not completely treated inflammation becomes chronic.
In addition, in the acute form of inflammation requires hospitalization in a gynecological hospital with bed rest. As a rule, the course of treatment is two weeks.
In the chronic form of the disease, a woman is recommended to undergo regular prophylactic courses in the form of physiotherapeutic procedures. A positive effect mud and spa treatment.
If the disease is asymptomatic, then you can detect its presence on a routine examination by a gynecologist. It is necessary to pass the necessary tests and perform a pelvic ultrasound.
In any form of the disease, it is necessary to exclude unprotected sexual intercourse, to create complete physical and mental rest and normalize good nutrition.
Inflammation of the appendages in women: treatment of folk remedies
Quite often, drug therapy is complemented by folk remedies.
There are many tools of traditional medicine that can be used both as additional funds for the main course of drug treatment, and as preventive measures.
In the chronic form of the disease, it is recommended to take warm baths with the addition of chamomile or millennial, mud baths.
For anesthesia, you can wrap up the belly, and also help the use of a warm pillow full of wild flowers that you need to pre-warm. During the day, the heated pillow must be applied to the lower abdomen.
In the acute form of inflammation of the appendages, cold compresses are well used, for example, you can put an ice pack in the abdominal area. In addition, the use of tinctures prepared on the basis of wormwood or coltsfoot helps.
Prevention
Most women who have experienced inflammation of the appendages, face recurrences of this disease.
As a preventive measure against repeated inflammation of the appendages, there are various traditional and alternative methods. For example, homeopathy, herbal medicine and others.
To prevent inflammation of the appendages or to miss the presence of a sluggish form of the inflammatory process and, thus, to avoid the consequences, it is necessary to observe preventive measures.
- First of all, every six months you should definitely visit a gynecologist and undergo a diagnosis.
- In addition, among the preventive measures, an important place is occupied by the use of contraceptive methods during sexual intercourse.
- Also try to avoid hypothermia, overwork, stressful situations.
- Of course, it is necessary to maintain immunity, since with a weakened immune system, the influence of provoking factors increases and it is easier for pathogenic bacteria to enter the body, causing an inflammatory process.
- Follow the rules of personal hygiene.
Take good care of your health, then no inflammation you will not be afraid.
In the next video - additional information on the symptoms and methods of treatment of inflammation of the appendages.
