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===Non-infected peritonitis===
===Non-infected peritonitis===


* '''Leakage of [[sterilization (microbiology)|sterile]] [[body fluids]] into the peritoneum''', such as [[blood]] (e.g.[[endometriosis]], blunt abdominal [[physical trauma|trauma]]), [[gastric juice]] (e.g. [[peptic ulcer]], [[gastric carcinoma]]),[[bile]] (e.g. [[liver biopsy]]), [[urine]] (pelvic [[physical trauma|trauma]]), [[menstruum]] (e.g. [[salpingitis]]), [[pancreatic juice]] ([[pancreatitis]]), or even the contents of a ruptured [[dermoid cyst]]. It is important to note that, while these [[body fluids]] are sterile at first, they frequently become infected once they leak out of their organ, leading to infectious peritonitis within 24-48h.
* Leakage of [[sterilization (microbiology)|sterile]] [[body fluids]] into the peritoneum, such as [[blood]] (e.g.[[endometriosis]], blunt abdominal [[physical trauma|trauma]]), [[gastric juice]] (e.g. [[peptic ulcer]], [[gastric carcinoma]]),[[bile]] (e.g. [[liver biopsy]]), [[urine]] (pelvic [[physical trauma|trauma]]), [[menstruum]] (e.g. [[salpingitis]]), [[pancreatic juice]] ([[pancreatitis]]), or even the contents of a ruptured [[dermoid cyst]]. It is important to note that, while these [[body fluids]] are sterile at first, they frequently become infected once they leak out of their organ, leading to infectious peritonitis within 24-48h.
* '''Sterile abdominal surgery''' normally causes localised or minimal generalised peritonitis, which may leave behind a foreign body reaction and/or fibrotic [[adhesion (medicine)|adhesion]]s. Obviously, peritonitis may also be caused by the rare, unfortunate case of a [[sterile technique|sterile]] [[foreign body]] inadvertently left in the [[abdomen]] after [[surgery]] (e.g. [[gauze]],[[sponge]]).
* Sterile abdominal surgery normally causes localised or minimal generalised peritonitis, which may leave behind a foreign body reaction and/or fibrotic [[adhesion (medicine)|adhesion]]s. Obviously, peritonitis may also be caused by the rare, unfortunate case of a [[sterile technique|sterile]] [[foreign body]] inadvertently left in the [[abdomen]] after [[surgery]] (e.g. [[gauze]],[[sponge]]).
* Much rarer non-infectious causes may include [[familial Mediterranean fever]], [[porphyria]], and [[systemic lupus erythematosus]].
* Much rarer non-infectious causes may include [[familial Mediterranean fever]], [[porphyria]], and [[systemic lupus erythematosus]].



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Causes of peritonitis can be divided into Infected and Non-infected, which are as follows:

Infected peritonitis

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