Salpingitis is a widespread female disease characterized by inflammation of the fallopian tubes. About 30% of women experienced this diagnosis. The disease develops when the infection is transferred from the uterine cavity or other organs, the process proceeds further to the fallopian tubes, causing their obstruction.
Causes of the disease
Salpingitis is the ailment most often diagnosed in women who have not reached the age of 35, who:
- started to have sex early;
- lead a regular sexual life, while having various sexual partners;
- use not barrier, but hormonal contraception;
- prefer non-traditional in their form sex;
- have sex during menstruation.
In this case, the disease can occur during pregnancy, as well as after menopause. The occurrence of salpingitis can also be facilitated by various interventions in the female body, which include: unprofessional gynecological examination, cesarean section, abortion, damage to the cervix and even the establishment of an intrauterine device, which is perceived by the body as a foreign body. Untreated gynecological diseases can also create a favorable environment for the development of this ailment.
Addiction, chronic alcoholism, poor immunity, poor nutrition, stressful situations - all this significantly weakens the body's defenses and makes it vulnerable to various infections.
Symptoms of purulent salpingitis
Purulent salpingitis, the symptoms of which require immediate medical attention, is accompanied by a very high body temperature (sometimes it reaches 40 degrees), pain localized in the lower abdomen, a general loss of strength and chills.
A persistent symptom of the disease is purulent vaginal discharge. Also for this ailment is characterized by excessively plentiful or, conversely, scanty menstruation, uncomfortable urination, pain that suddenly occurs with intimacy or with excessive physical exertion.
Symptoms of acute salpingitis
Acute salpingitis manifests itself almost similarly to the purulent form of this disease. So, a woman is bothered by a severe headache resulting from a rise in body temperature, aching pains in the lower abdomen and lower back region, frequent uncomfortable urination, which are accompanied by severe burning or itching, painful sexual intercourse and menstruation.
Usually, an ectopic pregnancy, cyst and subserous myoma contribute to the development of the disease. In the acute form of the disease in the fallopian tube, fluid accumulates, which causes an inflammatory process.
Symptoms of bilateral salpingitis
Bilateral salpingitis is characterized by damage to both fallopian tubes simultaneously. The disease is manifested by bleeding and pain with intimacy, vomiting and nausea, fever, general loss of strength, abnormal vaginal discharge with an unusual color and smell, impaired bowel movement and urination, accompanied by dull aching pain in the lower back.
Symptoms of chronic salpingitis
At first, chronic salpingitis is often mistaken for banal food poisoning. Among the first manifestations of the disease can be noted the occurrence of severe pulling pain in the lower abdomen, increased fatigue and decreased performance, discomfort during urination, lack of appetite and an increase in body temperature occurring with a periodically occurring febrile state.
Salpingitis: treatment
The key to effective treatment for this disease is early diagnosis. The choice of a particular method of influencing an ailment depends on its form, stage, and also on the individual characteristics of the female body. Self-treatment of salpingitis is unacceptable, since only a specialist can identify the cause of the disease and choose ways to eliminate it. Self-medication can significantly aggravate the course of the disease. At an early stage, treatment of salpingitis takes 7 days, while at a more advanced stage it takes 3 weeks.
Drug treatment
With a diagnosis of acute salpingitis, treatment should be carried out in a hospital setting. It includes the use of drugs such as:
- broad antibiotics in their spectrum of action;
- drugs whose action is aimed at eliminating inflammatory processes;
- vitamin complexes;
- painkillers.
In addition, the patient may be prescribed a course of physiotherapeutic procedures and detoxification therapy.
The acute form of salpingitis, unlike chronic, is treated much more effectively and in the vast majority of cases it is possible to achieve a full recovery. In chronic salpingitis, even using the highest quality and most expensive medications, maximum symptoms can be eliminated.
The purulent form of the disease is considered easier, and therefore its treatment can be carried out on an outpatient basis. In this case, oral forms of drugs are used in combination with detoxification therapy.
Surgery
Salpingitis, the symptoms of which depend on the nature of the disease, is treated surgically in cases where:
- conservative treatment was ineffective;
- in the fallopian tubes there are small neoplasms that impede the conception of a child;
- there are scars and adhesions on the uterine mucosa.
The most effective method of surgical treatment of salpingitis is laparoscopic surgery, which allows to eliminate all pathological processes occurring in the fallopian tubes. During its conduct, a purulent secret is extracted, after which the walls of the fallopian tubes are subject to disinfection. The drainage is installed.
One of the main advantages of laparoscopy is the absence of complications in the form of adhesions. But at the same time, in the postoperative period for two months, a woman needs to refrain from sexual activity.
Alternative treatment
Salpingitis is a disease for the treatment of which traditional methods are successfully used. The most effective non-traditional methods of treating salpingitis are taking tinctures and decoctions of herbs, douching and a bath.
So, patients suffering from chronic salpingitis are recommended to take clay baths. To carry out such a procedure, it is necessary to warm the clay solution to a temperature of 37 degrees, then dip hands in it for 20 minutes. Then reheat the same solution and place in it at the same foot time. Such baths should be carried out for four days.
With bilateral salpingitis, juniper baths have proven themselves well. To do this, berries and stems of juniper (50 g) must be poured with boiling water (10 l), for 2 hours to infuse the solution, and then strain it and pour into a warm bath. The duration of such a bath should not be more than 30 minutes.
Decoctions for douching in chronic and acute salpingitis are prepared from the flowers of a pharmacy chamomile and mallow, sage leaves and oak bark. Used flowers or grass should be poured with water and bring to a boil. After cooling, the decoction must be filtered and used as a means for douching, effectively helping to relieve inflammation.
For the preparation of infusions and decoctions used inside, you can use the bark and berries of viburnum, calendula flowers, chamomile, centaury, medicinal sweet clover. It is important to know that you need to consume broth exclusively in a warm and, most importantly, fresh form.
Salpingitis is a disease, the treatment of which in no case can be delayed! It is worth noting that it is a combination of alternative and traditional medicine that will help to cope with this disease as efficiently as possible.