Patient's question:
I got married last year. Recently, I've been experiencing lower abdominal pain, especially during my period. I'm very worried about it affecting my fertility, and I'm also extremely sensitive to cold and coldness. Could you please tell me about the dangers and treatments for cervical erosion?Doctor's answer:
How great are the hazards of moderate cervical erosion?1. Moderate cervical erosion can lead to more severe conditions. Due to long-term chronic inflammation, it may cause polyps, lacerations, prolapse, and cysts, among other deeper symptoms.
2. Causes infertility: When moderate cervical erosion occurs, cervical secretions increase significantly, becoming viscous and containing a large number of white blood cells. This adversely affects sperm motility, hinders sperm from entering the uterine cavity, and impacts fertility.
3. Complications: After developing moderate cervical erosion, it can lead to inflammation in other organs, which is quite serious. For example, the pathogens of cervical erosion can ascend to cause endometritis; they can spread through the parametrium ligaments and lymphatic vessels to cause chronic pelvic inflammation; when inflammation affects the trigone area of the bladder, it can lead to urinary system diseases, resulting in symptoms such as dysuria, frequency, or difficulty urinating. This is one of the hazards of moderate cervical erosion.
4. Increases the risk of cancer: According to expert analysis, women with cervical erosion have a cervical cancer incidence rate nearly ten times higher than the general population. Under long-term chronic inflammation, the columnar epithelium that proliferates in the cervical canal can develop atypical hyperplasia. If not treated promptly and correctly, it may gradually progress toward cervical pre-cancerous lesions. This is also one of the hazards of moderate cervical erosion.
Treatment Methods for Moderate Cervical Erosion
What is the best method for treating cervical erosion? Physical therapy is an effective and widely used approach for treating cervical erosion. It includes a series of treatments such as cryotherapy, laser therapy, infrared coagulation therapy, and microwave therapy. The principles of these therapies are similar: they cause the epithelium on the eroded cervix to die and fall off, then allowing new squamous epithelium to cover it.