Patient's question:
I went for a health check-up last year, and the doctor said I had cervical erosion and needed surgery. I didn't have it done. This year, during my health check-up, I was told I have cervical inflammation. Is cervical erosion the same as cervical inflammation?Doctor's answer:
Cervical erosion is one manifestation of chronic cervical inflammation. Chronic cervical inflammation has five manifestations, and cervical erosion is one of them. Cervical erosion is divided into mild, moderate, and severe degrees. Mild cervical erosion, if the routine cervical discharge test is normal, generally does not require special treatment and needs to be reviewed periodically. However, if it is severe cervical erosion, it is very prone to malignant transformation and needs to be resolved through surgery.