Bartholinitis is an inflammation of the ducts of the Bartholin glands located at the entrance to the vagina. Symptoms of such a disease are: a sharp deterioration in health, pain in the groin during walking, elevated body temperature.
In pregnancy, any infection that occurs in the body can harm a future child. It is not always the placenta that protects the baby, protects it from infection, some microbes are able to penetrate the fetus through the blood.
Consequences of Bartholinitis
Because the causes of infection are serious enough: the presence of pathogenic microorganisms or bacteria in the genital tract of a woman, the development of bartholinitis in pregnant women can present a real threat to the child's future. If the disease is caused by infection with gonococci or Trichomonas, it can prevent the normal development of organs and systems in the fetus and, subsequently, lead to pathology.
If there is no qualified treatment, the disease can lead to an inflammatory process. The development of bartholinitis during pregnancy in the body weakens immunity, a woman is more at risk of picking up various diseases.
What is dangerous bartolinite during pregnancy?
If symptoms of bartholinitis have been seen during pregnancy, you need to see a doctor immediately. The disease that has arisen in the interval from the fifth day from conception and until the thirteenth week, can lead to the fading of the fetus . The question of treating bartholinitis during pregnancy is individual in each case. When the disease is accompanied by other vaginal infections, the doctor may decide on surgery or abortion for medical reasons. You can treat bartholinitis after childbirth, as it is not always dangerous, but only if the disease does not bring discomfort and does not threaten the fetus (only a female doctor can reveal it).
Bartholinitis revealed what to do?
At the advanced stage, bartholinite forms purulent formations on the labia, in the absence of treatment, the abscess can be opened. There are folk remedies that will help disinfect the wound at home,
Prevention of Bartholinitis
It is important to visit the gynecologist twice a year, only he will be able to tell about possible infections. You can not neglect personal hygiene. To improve immunity, you can do light sports and eat more vegetables and fruits. Also, in order not to catch an infection, it is necessary to avoid promiscuous sexual intercourse and to be protected by a condom: bartolinite is contagious and transmitted sexually.