How to differentiate and diagnose chronic cervicitis based on the five characteristics

Cervicitis is a common gynecological disease, which seriously affects women's health and life. Once we have abnormal manifestations, we must immediately undergo examination and diagnosis.

Symptoms of chronic cervicitis

1. Increased vaginal discharge: It is the most common or only symptom of chronic cervicitis. The increased amount of vaginal discharge is usually sticky or purulent mucus, and even blood may appear in the discharge, which can cause itching of the external genitalia. Therefore, abnormal vaginal discharge needs to be taken seriously, especially repeated abnormal vaginal discharge.

2. Pain: Generally in the lower abdomen or lumbosacral region, occasionally in the upper abdomen, thighs, and hip joints. The characteristic of pain is worsening during menstruation, defecation, or sexual activity. Expansion or expansion may lead to chronic inflammation of the connective tissue adjacent to the uterus, exacerbating pain. For women, lower abdominal pain is mostly related to gynecological diseases, so it should be taken seriously after corresponding symptoms appear.

3. Bladder and intestinal symptoms: When the uterus is close to the bladder and the cervix becomes inflamed, it can expand to the bladder and surrounding connective tissue, and the inflammatory range expands. Therefore, when the bladder is full of urine, frequent urination or difficulty urinating may occur. However, due to normal renal function, routine urine tests are also normal.

4. Infertility: An increase in vaginal discharge is not conducive to sperm penetration, decreases sperm vitality, affects female pregnancy, and even female infertility, threatening the happiness of the patient's family.

5. Other symptoms: After women suffer from cervicitis, in addition to the above symptoms, adverse symptoms such as irregular menstruation and physiological pain are not treated as soon as possible, leading to other diseases and cancer transformation, causing greater damage to the body.

Chronic cervicitis examination

1. Cervical scraping cytology examination: This is a routine examination for gynecological cervicitis, which is simple, feasible, cost-effective, and the most important auxiliary examination and the preferred initial screening method for cancer prevention screening.

2. Iodine test and naked eye observation method: This is very simple and inexpensive, and can detect at least 2/3 of the lesions. As a preliminary screening method for cervical cancer, apply 3% -5% acetic acid solution to the cervix. Observe the reaction of the cervical epithelium to acetic acid and perform biopsy in the white lesion area.

3. Colposcopy examination: It can quickly detect invisible lesions and remove suspicious areas for biopsy during colposcopy examination, significantly improving the accuracy of live examination.

4. Gynecological examination: Focus on examining the size, shape, texture, thickness of the cervical canal, and contact bleeding of the cervix, followed by examining the external genitalia, vagina, uterus, and parauterine tissues (ovaries, fallopian tubes, pelvic lymph nodes, etc.).