Patient's question:
Before the physical examination, the TCT cervical examination results indicated mild cervical inflammation. I saw online that severe cervical inflammation can cause contact bleeding. I want to ask if my condition could be contact bleeding caused by cervical inflammation?Doctor's answer:
Disease Analysis: Cervicitis is primarily characterized by an increase in vaginal discharge, 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 vaginal discharge, purulent in nature, accompanied by lower back pain and lower abdominal discomfort. Symptoms may include lower back pain, lower abdominal pressure pain, itching or pain in the external genitalia; it may also cause frequent urination or pain during urination.
2. Chronic Cervicitis: Excessive vaginal discharge, creamy white in color, mucous in texture, or mixed with blood streaks, or postcoital bleeding, accompanied by external genital itching, lower back and sacral pain, which worsens during menstruation.
3. Physical Examination: Acute cervicitis, gynecological examination reveals congestion, edema, and tenderness of the cervix; chronic cervicitis, gynecological examination shows varying degrees of erosion, hypertrophy, or polyps in the cervix.