Patient's question:
I would like to ask, if I had sex with my boyfriend without knowing, and then went for a check-up the next day, it was said that I have cervical erosion of degree three. Can this be transmitted to my boyfriend?Doctor's answer:
First, don't worry! Sexual life does not cause cervical erosion, it generally does not affect pregnancy, nor does it lead to cancer, and it is not contagious. Cervical erosion is not true erosion. It refers to the shedding of squamous epithelial cells at the cervix due to excessively high levels of estrogen or an egg-white-like substance in your body, which is then replaced by columnar epithelial tissue. This new layer of epithelium is very thin, and even the underlying blood vessels and red tissue can be seen, making it appear as erosion, hence the term "cervical erosion."