Ovarian inflammation - symptoms and treatment

Inflammation of the ovaries is called oophoritis. This inflammatory process of female gonads is often complicated by salpingitis - inflammation of fallopian (uterine) tubes. This disease carries a danger to the reproductive system of women's health and can lead to difficulties in conception or even infertility.

Therefore, at the slightest suspicion of oophoritis, or if you do not know how to determine inflammation of the ovaries yourself, you need to seek advice from a gynecologist, go through the examination and begin timely treatment to prevent complications and undesirable consequences of the disease.

Causes of inflammation of the ovaries

The main causes of oophoritis, there may be infections (chlamydia, gonorrhea, mycoplasma , etc.), as well as bacteria (cocci, E. coli, candidiasis, etc.).

Inflammatory processes of the ovaries can be triggered by factors such as hypothermia, abortion, unprofessional surgical interventions or diagnostic examinations of the pelvis, childbirth, and the use of intrauterine contraceptives.

Oophoritis is often a secondary disease, which leads to an existing infection from the cervical canal, fallopian tubes, uterus. Less often pathogens fall into the genitals from other diseases: appendicitis, tonsillitis, sinusitis, tuberculosis and even caries, passing through the lymph system and blood.

Symptoms and treatment of ovarian inflammation

The main signs of ovarian inflammation are:

• pain and severe rubbing, frequent urination;
• continuous pain from one or both sides in the pelvic region, giving back or sacrum;
• the temperature rise can be up to 39 ° C, chills, general weakness, malaise;
• bleeding between menstrual cycles;
• sharp and severe pain during intercourse;
• Serous or purulent discharge may occur less often.

In acute inflammation, urgent hospitalization is required, with antibacterial and antimicrobial treatment.

Chronic inflammation of the ovaries during an exacerbation has the following symptoms:

1. Dull, aching pain in the pelvic region, in the groin, and in the vagina. Pain is worse before menstruation or when hypothermia occurs. Decreased libido.
2. Absence of pregnancy with regular sexual life without protection.

The chronic form of oophoritis has a depressing effect on the general condition of a woman (irritability, insomnia, fatigue). The remaining symptoms of ovarian inflammation in women are identical to the acute form of this disease.

Possible options for how to cure inflammation of the ovaries are selected only by gynecologists, depending on the pathogen, the degree of complication of the disease and the nature of the symptoms. Acute stages of the disease must be treated only in a hospital under the constant supervision of a doctor. In chronic course of the hoary, depending on the degree of exacerbation, they can also conduct outpatient treatment.

There is no definite panacea tablet for inflammation of the ovaries, since the treatment is based on a whole complex of medical measures. The main medicines prescribed by doctors for ovarian inflammation are antibiotics (mandatory), as well as anti-inflammatory, antihistamines, painkillers, sulfonamides and vitamins.

Carry out treatment for ovarian inflammation with folk remedies not recommended that the history of the disease does not go into a more complex and severe form.

In order to protect yourself from this disease, you should avoid hypothermia, stress, fatigue, and you must follow the rules of personal hygiene and several times a year must pass examinations at the gynecologist.