Key points for diagnosis
(1) The main symptoms are constant pain in the lower abdomen and increased vaginal discharge.
(2) The accompanied symptoms at the acute stage are fever, aversion to cold and headache, increase of the total number of white blood cells and neutrophilic granulocyte.
(3) The accompanied symptoms at the chronic stage are abdominal pain, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea or sterility.
(4) Gynecological examination: Lower abdominal tenderness, tenderness in the uterus, thickening of the appendage or formation of mass, accompanied by obvious tenderness. At the acute stage there appear rebound tenderness in the lower abdomen and tenderness in the cervix.

In TCM, a disease or a symptom might be caused by one pathogenic factor, even two or three pathogenic factors. When diagnosing a disease or a symptom, TCM doctors must follow the principle of "Syndrome Dfferentiation", and then "Suit the Remedy to the Case". In order to gain a more definite and valuable diagnosis, it's important and necessary for the doctor to learn the detailed health information of the patient, including his/her disease duration, age, sex, height, weight, family history, urine, stool, diet, sleep, sweat, energy, mood (emotion), as well as the tongue conditions and the palm conditions, etc. If you would want our expert to create a TCM diagnosis, you're welcome to contact us.