Blood on the brush of TCT examination

TCT examination with blood on the brush may be bleeding from ruptured capillaries or bleeding from cervical erosion, cervicitis or cervical polyps, etc. Patients should clarify the cause and then treat the cause. 1, bleeding from ruptured capillaries: TCT examination requires the brush to be rotated three times clockwise and three times counterclockwise to collect specimens, which can easily damage the capillaries of the cervical canal. If the patient has cervical erosion, when taking the specimen with the brush, touching the cervical erosion surface can easily lead to bleeding and contamination of the brush, if there is no obvious symptom of mild cervical erosion, there is no need for special treatment, if the second or third degree of erosion and With discomfort, you can follow the doctor’s instructions for local physical therapy or oral medication; 3, cervicitis bleeding: may be due to cervicitis, resulting in cervical non-contact bleeding, there is a blood clot in the vagina is not discharged, do TCT examination when the brush will be stained with blood, such patients often need antibiotic treatment; 4, cervical polyp bleeding: in general, cervical polyps will not bleed, but if there is an inflammatory reaction, polyps can appear necrosis causing bleeding, the brush will be stained with blood when doing TCT examination, at this time, the patient should perform polyp removal or electrodesiccation under the guidance of the doctor, and should be checked regularly after the operation to avoid recurrence of polyps.