Do patients with cervical erosion need to undergo cervical cancer screening once a year?

Do patients with cervical erosion need to undergo cervical cancer screening once a year?

Clinically, cervical erosion generally refers to cervical columnar epithelial ectopia. Patients with cervical columnar epithelial ectopia generally do not need to undergo cervical cancer screening once a year.

Cervical columnar epithelium ectopia refers to the ectopia of the cervical columnar epithelium under the influence of hormone levels in the body, which moves to the cervix and vagina. It is a normal physiological phenomenon, not pathological erosion or ulceration of the cervical columnar epithelium, and does not require special treatment. Because it is a normal phenomenon, it usually does not cause obvious clinical symptoms, does not cause serious health effects, and usually does not increase the probability of malignant changes in the cervix, so there is no need for annual cervical cancer screening.

Cervical cancer screening mainly refers to the preventive examination of the cervix to check whether there are precancerous lesions or cervical cancer through cervical smear, human papillomavirus test and other examination methods. It is generally believed that if there is a cervical cancer patient in the family, or there are multiple sexual partners and unclean sex life, the risk of cervical cancer may increase. At this time, regular cervical cancer screening is necessary to facilitate early detection and targeted treatment.