Symptoms of advanced cervical cancer

Cervical cancer, commonly known as cervical cancer, is the most common gynecological malignant tumor. In advanced stage, besides the common symptoms caused by cervical lesions, it can also invade distant organs and cause corresponding lesions through direct spread, lymphatic metastasis or hematogenous metastasis, etc. The most common symptoms of cervical cancer are contact vaginal bleeding (after sexual contact or gynecological examination) or irregular vaginal bleeding. The most common symptoms of cervical cancer are contact vaginal bleeding (bleeding occurs after sexual contact or gynecological examination) or irregular vaginal bleeding; vaginal discharge, which is often white or bloody, thin as watery or rice slop, with fishy smell; in advanced stage patients, due to necrosis of cancerous tissues, accompanied by infections, there may be a large amount of rice slop or purulent foul-smelling leukorrhea. In advanced stage, the cancer cells may spread forward and backward, invade the bladder or rectum, cause frequent urination, urinary urgency, constipation, swelling and pain in the lower limbs, etc. In serious cases, it may cause vesicovaginal fistula or rectovaginal fistula. When the cancerous tissue increases in size and presses or involves the ureter, it can also cause ureteral obstruction, hydronephrosis and even uremia. Due to long-term vaginal bleeding, anemia can be caused in late stage, and it can also be transferred to all parts of the body through lymph nodes or blood line, causing malignant disease and other symptoms of systemic failure. To sum up, the late stage symptoms of cervical cancer mainly manifest as irregular vaginal bleeding, vaginal drainage-like or pus and blood foul-smelling leukorrhea, as well as anemia, urinary system symptoms, and even systemic failure and other symptoms.