Post Date May, 20 2023
Cervical cancer is a serious gynecological disease and a common malignant tumor. We must pay attention to it in our daily lives. Especially after physical abnormalities, it is necessary to immediately seek medical examination at a reputable hospital.
Manifestations of cervical cancer
1. Contact bleeding: After sexual intercourse or constipation, vaginal discharge (vaginal discharge) mixed with droplets of blood, sometimes filamentous, sometimes dark red. Women over the age of 30 who have given birth to a couple and suddenly experience vaginal punctate bleeding after sexual intercourse must be taken seriously as an early signal of cervical cancer.
2. Irregular vaginal bleeding: manifested as a small amount of non menstrual vaginal bleeding between two menstrual periods and vaginal bleeding after amenorrhea. The former is easily seen as menstrual irregularities, while the latter is easily seen as a manifestation of menopause. However, this irregular vaginal bleeding is the initial symptom of patients in the early stages of cervical cancer.
3. Abnormal vaginal discharge: an increase in vaginal discharge accompanied by changes in color and odor. The symptoms of increased vaginal discharge are generally later than contact bleeding, initially with normal color and odor, gradually becoming serous secretions. In the late stage of cervical cancer, there are Misi like and water like vaginal discharge.
4. Accompanying cervical erosion: Generally, cervical cancer patients are often accompanied by cervical erosion, and severe cervical erosion is the main cause of cancer transformation. Young women with cervical erosion who have been untreated for a long time or still have cervical erosion after menopause should be given sufficient attention.
5. Pain: Pain in the lower abdomen or lumbosacral region occurs frequently, while pain in the upper abdomen, thighs, and hip joints can occur. Menstrual, defecation, or sexual activity worsens, especially inflammation that extends backwards along the uterosacral ligament or along the bottom of the ligament. Chronic parauterine connective tissue inflammation can immediately cause pain in the iliac fossa, lumbosacral region, and even nausea, affecting sexual activity every time it touches the cervix.
Cervical cancer examination items
1. Cervical exfoliative cell examination (cervical section).
Method: Take a small amount of cell samples from the cervix of the uterus, place them on a glass slide, and then study whether they are abnormal under a microscope. Through simple cervical smears, doctors can detect small early changes in cervical cells, and deadly cancers can be sniped before they actually occur. Cervical scraping is currently the simplest and most effective diagnostic method for widely examining cervical cancer.
2. TCT (liquid based thin layer cytology).
