Patient's question:
Prior to the physical examination, the TCT cervical test results indicated mild cervical inflammation. I read online that severe cervical inflammation can cause contact bleeding. I would like to ask if my condition could be contact bleeding caused by cervical inflammation?Doctor's answer:
Analysis of the condition: Cervicitis is primarily characterized by an increase in leukorrhea, which is purulent, or abnormal bleeding such as intermenstrual bleeding or postcoital bleeding. It is often accompanied by lower back pain and discomfort in the lower abdomen. There are two types: acute and chronic. Acute cervicitis frequently coexists with acute endometritis or acute vaginitis, but chronic cervicitis is more common.Advice:
1. Acute cervicitis: Increased leukorrhea, purulent in nature, accompanied by lower back pain and lower abdominal discomfort. Symptoms may include lower back pain, lower abdominal pressure pain, pruritus or tingling in the external genitalia; it may also cause frequent urination or dysuria.
2. Chronic cervicitis: Excessive leukorrhea, creamy in color, mucous in consistency, or leukorrhea mixed with blood streaks, or postcoital bleeding, accompanied by pruritus of the external genitalia, lower back and sacral pain, which worsens during menstruation.
3. Physical examination: Acute cervicitis, gynecological examination reveals congestion and edema of the cervix with tenderness; chronic cervicitis, gynecological examination shows varying degrees of erosion, hypertrophy, or polyps in the cervix.