Pregnancy
After peritonitis has occurred in the previous history, there is a risk that fertility has been impaired by the inflammation, especially if the peritonitis has existed untreated for a long period of time. Since the peritoneum also lies above the fallopian tubes, peritonitis can also cause inflammation of the fallopian tubes. Inflammation of the fallopian tubes (pelvic inflammation) can lead to adhesions and adhesions of the fallopian tubes, which can lead to infertility.
Due to the adhesions or adhesions, the transport of the egg through the fallopian tubes can be severely impaired or even become completely impossible, so that the fertilised egg cannot implant itself in the uterus. In some cases, the fallopian tubes can be uncovered again by surgery. Peritonitis is an inflammation of the peritoneum, which lines the entire abdominal cavity.
The causes can be organ inflammation, organ perforations, peritoneal dialysis or cancer. Depending on the cause, a distinction is made between local and generalised inflammation. In both cases there is severe pain in the abdominal cavity, which in the case of local inflammation is limited to the focus of the inflammation.
In the case of generalised inflammation, the patient is critically ill and suffers from severe accompanying symptoms. In both cases, surgery is the only curative therapy and should always be performed as early as possible, otherwise the inflammation can take a lethal course. The local inflammation is treated by removing the corresponding organ and antibiotic therapy. Generalized inflammation, on the other hand, requires a pronounced intensive medical treatment after the operation and is associated with a lethality rate of 50%.
