Patient's question:
Dear Doctors,Hello! On November 29th of this year, I had a prenatal six-item checkup at Jinjiang Maternal and Child Health Hospital. The test revealed cervical erosion of degree 3. The doctor recommended a colposcopy on the same day, which showed: excessive leukorrhea, disordered tissue, old squamous epithelium, columnar epithelium, and marked glandular and inflammatory areas. When I showed the results to the doctor, they mentioned some small black spots on the colposcopy, fearing it might be cancerous, and suggested a biopsy. However, I am now pregnant and may not be able to have it done. But I am still worried about cancerous transformation.
Dear Doctor, how fast does this kind of cancer spread? If I wait about a year after giving birth to seek treatment, would that be a good idea?
Dear Doctor, based on these results, is it possible? I didn’t realize I was pregnant on the day of the examination. On December 1st, I went to the hospital without knowing I was pregnant, and the doctor prescribed a 7-day course of medication for cervical inflammation: Kang...
Doctor's answer:
Based on your description, whether your cervix has cancer needs further careful examination for diagnosis. According to your assumption, if there is indeed cancer, pregnancy may accelerate the progression of the cancer. The other issue is that the effects of medication taken without knowing you were pregnant are either all or nothing. The "all" means it could lead to miscarriage, while the "nothing" means it causes no interference to the fetus. Once you know you are pregnant, you should stop taking the medication immediately.