Patient's question:
Doctor, my friend has been divorced for three years and has not been able to get pregnant due to work reasons. Now that her work is stable, she is planning to have a child, but when she went to the hospital for a thorough check-up, it was said that she had cervical erosion, and it was quite severe.Doctor's answer:
Cervical erosion of degree II or III is classified based on the area of erosion. Since cervical erosion is caused by inflammation in some cases and by the migration of columnar epithelial cells from the cervical canal in others, whether it is degree II or III cervical erosion, it is essential to visit a hospital to confirm how the erosion is accompanied by additional bacterial infections. Given that early cervical cancer also exhibits visual changes similar to erosion, women with cervical erosion who have not had a cervical Papanicolaou (Pap) smear test in the past year should undergo a thorough examination to rule out atypical cell growth or cervical cancer. Atypical hyperplasia is a precancerous condition and should be treated actively once detected.