Adnexitis is a very acute inflammation of the uterine appendages (ovaries and fallopian tubes). Sometimes this disease is also called salpingoophoritis.
Treatment of adnexitis should be timely, as its complications can be quite serious. Very often, its causative agent is E. coli, staphylococcus, gonococcus, tuberculosis microbacterium, chlamydia and so on. There are cases when a person has been a carrier of these pathogens for many years, but did not even know about it. Problems begin when they enter the uterine appendages from various foci of inflammation (most often through the circulatory system). This disease develops most quickly in those women who are constantly exposed to all kinds of stresses, often experience emotional and physical overload, often overwork or spend a lot of time in the cold. Also, risk factors include everything that adversely affects immunity.
The reasons are also abortions, diagnostic curettage, problems with the gastrointestinal tract.
Symptoms of this ailment
In this case, the symptoms may be different. For the most part, they depend precisely on what pathogen adnexitis was caused by. They also depend on the state in which the body was before the disease.
The most basic and common symptoms are:
- infertility;
- violation of the menstrual cycle;
- allocation;
- severe pain.
The treatment of adnexitis should be correct first of all for the reason that this disease can lead to real infertility itself. Most often this is due to obstruction of the pipes, which arose due to soldering and their chronic inflammation. Hormonal ovarian disorder can easily become the cause of infertility .
The main disorder of the menstrual cycle with adnexitis is bleeding. They can be long or short.
Pain is usually felt in the pelvic area. In acute adnexitis, they are constant and aching, often given to the sacrum or thigh. Chronic adnexitis is also associated with constant pain, but in this case they are dull. The pain intensifies during menstruation, as well as during intercourse and physical exertion.
Discharges by their nature can be:
- purulent;
- serous;
- mucous membranes.
Constant discharge may be accompanied by itching. Irritation around the external genitalia may also occur.
Adnexitis treatment
Of course, treatment begins with a diagnosis. Diagnosis is very important here because many microorganisms could cause this disease. Perhaps the treatment of adnexitis at home with the use of folk remedies (more on this later).
Traditionally, it is treated with various antibacterial drugs prescribed by the attending physician. Electrophoresis therapy can give a very good result. With these therapies, calcium, zinc, and proteolytic enzymes are used. To increase immunity, the intake of mineral and vitamin complexes is prescribed.
Treatment of adnexitis with folk remedies
Traditional medicine in this case can offer many different means. Treating adnexitis in this way can be very effective. By the way, many, trying to get rid of an unpleasant ailment, prefer to use both folk and traditional means at the same time.
Here are some recipes:
1) take unpeeled potatoes and wash them very well with a soft brush, and then grate finely (together with the peel). Squeeze the juice out of the resulting mass. Take it in the morning on an empty stomach.
2) pour chamomile flowers with pharmacy boiling water and let them brew. This infusion should be used for washing with a syringe. It is recommended to do them before bedtime.
3) pour 10 grams of Caucasian hellebore with two glasses of boiling water and let it brew. Drink half a glass half an hour before meals. Take no more than three times a day.