Patient's question:
My girlfriend has been experiencing lower abdominal pain recently, and her menstrual flow has been heavier than usual. Every time we have sex, she says she feels vaginal pain, which has scared me into avoiding intimacy with her lately. Over the past few days, she has had a slight fever and a severe headache. I felt that this situation couldn't go on, so I took her to the hospital for a thorough examination. The result was that she was diagnosed with endometritis.Doctor's answer:
Endometritis is an inflammation of the endometrium in the uterine body. When the inflammation progresses to a severe stage, it can interfere with the uterine muscle layer, leading to endomyometritis, which is an extension of endometritis. Non-tuberculous endometritis is more common and is caused by infections from general pathogens. It is often seen during menstruation, miscarriage, and postpartum: such as when placental and fetal membrane remnants persist during childbirth, sexual intercourse during menstruation, prolonged uterine bleeding, incomplete miscarriage infections, unsterile gynecological examinations, downward infections during intrauterine procedures such as induced abortion and various vaginal surgeries, downward infections from cervical, vaginitis, infections caused by purulent endometrial polyps or submucosal leiomyomas.