Post Date June, 18 2023
The occurrence of cervicitis is particularly troublesome for many women, and it is also a common gynecological disease. Patients also exhibit abnormal symptoms after illness, and we must immediately diagnose and check.
Symptoms of cervicitis
1. Vaginal bleeding: This is the most common initial symptom of cervicitis. The phenomenon of vaginal/vaginal bleeding occurs, manifested as prolonged contact bleeding days, shortened cycles, increased physiological volume, and irregular vaginal bleeding in women after amenorrhea.
2. Increased vaginal discharge: This is also one of the initial symptoms of cervicitis. Increased vaginal discharge, appearing white or bloody, sometimes as thin as water or rice soup, with a foul odor. In the late stage, due to the rupture of cancer tissue, tissue necrosis, secondary infection, etc., patients with cervicitis will experience a large amount of purulent or rice soup like foul smelling vaginal discharge.
3. Abnormal vaginal discharge: increased discharge, purulent, accompanied by low back pain, mucus like or blood streaks in the discharge, or bleeding during intercourse, accompanied by external genital itching, lumbosacral pain, and worsening of menstruation. The early symptoms of this type of cervicitis are quite common among patients.
4. Pain: When inflammation spreads along the uterosacral ligament to the pelvis, pain in the lumbosacral region, swelling sensation in the lower abdomen, and dysmenorrhea worsen during defecation and sexual intercourse.
5. Bladder and intestinal symptoms: Chronic cervicitis is transmitted through the lymphatic system or directly spreads to the trigone and surrounding connective tissue of the bladder. Urinary frequency and difficulty in urination occur in the bladder, but urine is clear and routine urine tests are normal.
Examination methods for cervicitis
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 initial screening method for cancer prevention.
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 the size, shape and texture of the cervix, the thickness of the cervical tube, and contact bleeding, followed by the vulva, vagina, uterus and parametrium (ovary, fallopian tube, pelvic lymph nodes, etc.).
