Celiac disease is not the same as cervicitis

  Celiac disease can be said to plague many women. But is celiac disease a disease? So-called cervical erosion is actually an ectropion of the cervical columnar epithelium, which gives the cervix a fine-grained red appearance that looks like erosion to the naked eye. However, the name celiac disease has now been medically eliminated. But why do doctors still talk about celiac disease in clinical practice? Primarily, it is what we now know as cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, a precancerous lesion that can manifest itself simply as ectopic cervical columnar epithelium (so-called cervical erosion).  Because of the fear of cervical cancer, cervical erosion is now considered a “fear of the tiger”. In fact, there are good diagnostic methods to detect cervical precancerous lesions before they become cancerous and to reduce the incidence of cervical cancer. Such tests and diagnostic methods are TCT (ultra-thin cervical smear), HPV (human papillomavirus) DNA testing, colposcopy and multi-point biopsy. A traditional cervical smear can also be used if TCT is not available locally. Of course, its accuracy is less compared to TCT.  Also, there are many people who confuse celiac disease with cervicitis.  Cervicitis refers to: 1. purulent discharge visible in the cervical canal or when wiping the cervical canal with a cotton swab, or easily induced cervical bleeding when wiping.  2, leukocytosis of vaginal discharge or leukocytosis of cervical canal discharge. Meet these two to diagnose cervicitis. Cervicitis is mainly treated with antibiotics.  Will cervicitis disappear after cervicitis is treated?  Obviously not, because physiological cervical columnar epithelial ectropion is caused by changes in the body’s hormone levels and is a physiological change, and antibiotics will obviously not make cervical erosion go away. Pathological precancerous lesions are caused by abnormal cell differentiation due to oncogenic factors such as HPV (human papillomavirus), and antibiotics will not make it better either.  Therefore, for women with cervical erosion, TCT and HPV tests are needed to exclude precancerous cervical lesions. If there is no precancerous lesion and no cervicitis, no treatment is needed, only regular review of TCT and HPV is required.