What’s wrong with the bumps on the cervix?

  A bump on the cervix is not a medical term, but should refer to various types of bulges protruding from the cervix, which can be formed by hyperplasia of cervical tissue or can refer to redundancies that are distinct from cervical tissue and are not caused by cervical tissue, such as cervical polyps, cervical nuchal translucency, submucosal fibroid prolapse, cervical fibroids, cervical acromegaly, and ectopic type of cervical cancer.  The causes of various different cervical augmentations are different. For example, cervical polyps and cervical nuchal cysts are pathological changes of chronic inflammation of the cervix, which are benign lesions; acromegaly of the cervix is caused by human papilloma virus infection, which usually manifests itself as a few soft, tiny papules of light red color at first, gradually increasing to form papillae, cauliflower, and cockle-like bulges of different shapes; submucosal fibroids of the uterus and cervical fibroids are a type of fibroids, which are related to female hormones; and ectopic type of cervical cancer. Ectopic cancer foci of cervical cancer may also appear as polyp-like or papillary bulges. The etiology of cervical cancer is not fully understood and is related to human papilloma virus infection, early marriage, sexual disorders, premature sex, multiple births and other factors.  The “bumps” on the cervix need to be clarified as to what type of swelling they are before they can be treated in a targeted manner.