Patient's question:
I have pelvic inflammatory disease and am currently undergoing treatment. During my menstrual period, I deliberately bent down to test if the pelvic inflammatory disease still hurts. At that time, there was severe pain in the area four inches below the navel.Doctor's answer:
1. Drug TreatmentAntibiotics are the primary treatment for acute pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), including various administration routes such as intravenous infusion, intramuscular injection, or oral medication. Broad-spectrum antibiotics should be used in combination with anti-anaerobic drugs, and the duration of treatment must be sufficient. Additionally, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) can be combined with Western medicine to achieve better therapeutic effects.
2. Surgical Treatment
Surgery is recommended for conditions such as hydrosalpinx or tubo-ovarian cysts. Small, recurrent infection foci that frequently trigger inflammation may also be treated surgically. The principle of surgery is to ensure complete cure, avoiding the possibility of residual lesions recurring. Procedures such as adnexal resection or salpingectomy may be performed. For young women, ovarian function should be preserved as much as possible. Since single-modality therapy is often ineffective for chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, a comprehensive treatment approach is preferred.