What tests can confirm cervical erosion? 5 methods of checking cervical erosion

Cervical erosion is one of the most common gynecological diseases. Once a woman has symptoms of cervical erosion, she should go to the hospital for treatment in time. So, before that, how to confirm whether you have cervical erosion?

1. Gynecological examination

Focus on checking the size, shape, texture, thickness of the cervical canal, and whether there is contact bleeding. Secondly, check the condition of the vulva, vagina, uterus, and paracervical tissues (ovaries, fallopian tubes, pelvic lymph nodes, etc.).

2. Cervical smear cytology examination

It is a routine gynecological examination, simple, easy, cost-effective, and the most important auxiliary examination and the preferred initial screening method for cancer prevention surveys.

3. Colposcopy

It can quickly detect lesions that are invisible to the naked eye and take biopsies from suspicious areas during colposcopy, which can significantly improve the accuracy of biopsies.

4. Iodine test and visual observation

The method is very simple and cheap, and can detect at least 2/3 of the lesions. Currently, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends the use of naked eye observation in developing countries. As a preliminary screening method for cervical cancer, 3%-5% acetic acid solution is applied to the cervix. The reaction of the cervical epithelium to acetic acid is observed, and then a biopsy is taken from the white lesion area.

5. Pathological examination of cervical biopsy tissue

It is the basis for the diagnosis of cervical cancer.

At present, medical experts have shown that the main cause of cervical cancer is that women are infected with human papillomavirus. Therefore, medical scientists are working on an economical, efficient and cheap human papillomavirus test to screen for early cervical cancer, which is expected to be used in clinical practice soon.