Patient's question:
I have had cervical erosion for several years. Actually, it doesn't cause much pain, so when it does hurt, I just take some medicine to deal with it. When it doesn't hurt, I leave it alone. The doctor wants me to have surgery, but I want to ask if cervical erosion is treated with medication or therapy.Doctor's answer:
Generally speaking, surgical treatment is not prone to recurrence because the lesion is completely removed. Other treatment methods, due to being limited to the surface of the cervix or poor control of treatment depth, fail to completely eliminate the inflammation of deep cervical tissue. Therefore, the erosion may be temporarily cured, but the underlying cause is not completely eradicated. Additionally, patients may still be reinfected with pathogenic bacteria in the cervical tissue due to conditions such as vaginitis or induced abortion. As a result, the condition may still recur after some time. For patients with cervical erosion, in addition to medical treatment, it is also important for them to maintain cleanliness of the external genitalia and hygiene during sexual activity, and to pay attention to contraception after recovery.