[Adnexal inflammatory diseases and their influence on menstrual function]

Results are presented from a study on some changes in the menstrual function of women with inflammatory diseases of adnexae for two periods: of 1979-1984 and of 1985-1986. Healthy women at fertile age are used as control group for comparison. The meagre and abundant menstruation together consists of 41.17%--a considerable part. There are differences in the disturbed menstrual process cycle in accordance with the localization of inflammatory process. The most significant disturbance is in women with chronic bilateral adnexitis. Painful menstruation comes on the first place, analysing subjective complaints both for all patients and according to social groups. Algodysmenorrhea is encountered more frequently in women with inflammation of the uterine adnexae in comparison with healthy women. In the evolution of inflammatory diseases of adnexae algodysmenorrhea and disturbed menstrual rhythm deserves special attention to the clinical interpretation and to the formation of diagnostic hypothesis.