Patient's question:
Is cervical erosion easy to treat? What should I do if it affects fertility?Doctor's answer:
Hello: Cervical erosion is a common inflammation of the female reproductive tract, which is classified into three degrees—mild, moderate, and severe—based on the proportion of the erosion area on the cervix. Treatment methods include non-invasive and invasive treatments. Local treatment using medication applied vaginally is a non-invasive approach, but this method is not very effective for cervical erosion of moderate or severe degree. Invasive treatment methods involve using phototherapy, cryotherapy, laser, electrocautery, and other techniques for local cervical treatment. This method may cause minor damage to the cervix locally and sometimes affect its ability to dilate during childbirth, but it does not lead to infertility. Instead, severe cervical erosion or acute infection combined with it, if left untreated, can result in infertility. Therefore, for women who have never given birth and suffer from cervical erosion without affecting pregnancy or acute infection, cervical laser treatment can be performed after childbirth.