Cervicitis, cervical erosion, cervical polyps, cervical hypertrophy …… Cervical disease is a constant threat to the health of women, especially women who have had sexual experience are more vulnerable to the threat of cervical disease. There are various cervical diseases and their symptoms vary, commonly as follows.
I. Cervicitis
The most common type of cervicitis is chronic cervicitis.
The symptoms of chronic cervicitis are.
The leucorrhea is more, milky, mucus-like or with blood in the leucorrhea, there may also be bleeding during intercourse, often accompanied by vulvar itching and lumbosacral pain (aggravated during menstruation).
The symptoms of acute cervicitis are.
Increased and purulent leukorrhea with lumbago and lower abdominal discomfort.
Second, cervical erosion
The cervical erosion belongs to a kind of cervicitis, and there are generally three degrees of erosion.
1, mild erosion (degree I) erosion surface less than 1/3 of the cervix; common symptoms: patients generally have no obvious symptoms, only increased leucorrhea. Most patients are found during gynecological examinations.
2, moderate erosion (degree II) erosion surface accounted for 1/3-1/2 of the cervix; common symptoms: patients with moderate cervical erosion sister generally show increased leucorrhea, leucorrhea is yellow and sticky, and sometimes there is blood in the leucorrhea. A few patients may experience bleeding after sexual intercourse. In addition, itching may occur in the vulva due to the long-term irritation of the inflammatory leucorrhea. The inflammation may also spread to the pelvis through the lymphatic circulation, leading to inflammation of the pelvic connective tissue, which in turn leads to symptoms such as lumbosacral pain and abdominal cramping.
The actual cervical cavity is a very important part of the cervical area, and the symptoms are similar to those of moderate cervical cavity. As the sticky leucorrhea is not conducive to the passage of sperm, patients with cervical erosion may also suffer from infertility as a result.
Cervical polyps (usually found during gynecological examination)
Cervical polyps are more common in married women. Polyps from the cervical mucosa are bright red, soft and fragile, and bleed when touched gently, so they are often prone to infection and ulceration. Another type of polyp from the vaginal part of the cervix is light red in color, soft and tender.
Symptoms of cervical polyps.
Cervical polyps do not have any particularly obvious symptoms in the early stages of the disease. Many women find themselves suffering from cervical polyps, the condition of cervical polyps has been very serious time. The common symptoms are: vaginal bleeding, leucorrhea with blood, leucorrhea odor, etc.
Fourth, cervical hypertrophy
Cervical hypertrophy is actually a pathological manifestation of chronic inflammation of the cervix, which is due to long-term stimulation of chronic inflammation, cervical congestion, edema, glandular and interstitial hyperplasia, and may also have mucus retention in the deep part of the gland to form cysts, which are different degrees of cervical hypertrophy. Finally, due to the increase in fibrous connective tissue, the hardness of the cervix increases.
Symptoms of cervical hypertrophy.
In severe cases of cervical hypertrophy, there are often uncomfortable symptoms of bladder irritation such as bloody leucorrhea, bleeding after intercourse, urinary frequency and urgency and pain; when the inflammatory lesions spread to the pelvis along the uterosacral ligament, there may be discomfort such as lumbosacral pain, lower abdominal cramping and dysmenorrhea, which is aggravated during defecation and intercourse. Severe cervical hypertrophy may also affect a woman’s normal delivery. Therefore, it should be treated in advance before preparing for pregnancy. If the cervical hypertrophy is serious during pregnancy, it should be treated, but if the symptoms are mild, it can be observed.
V. Pre-cancerous lesions of the cervix
There is no symptom in the early stage of cervical cancer, and as the disease progresses, patients may have abnormal vaginal bleeding. Young women are more likely to have bleeding during sexual intercourse as the first symptom, and increased leucorrhea is also a common symptom of cervical cancer.
People over 30 years old with the above symptoms can have regular annual TCT, and if there is contact bleeding, high-risk HPV test, colposcopy or cervical biopsy can be performed to exclude cervical intraepithelial neoplasia or cervical cancer.