Will cervicitis affect pregnancy? How should women treat cervicitis?

Cervicitis is a common gynecological disease, mainly referring to inflammation of the vaginal part of the cervix and the cervical mucosa, and is more common in women of childbearing age. The cervix is ​​an important line of defense to prevent pathogens from the lower reproductive tract from entering the upper reproductive tract. When the body's resistance is poor or is affected by mechanical stimulation such as miscarriage, surgery, childbirth, and sexual intercourse, it is easy to cause infection and induce cervicitis. Clinically, cervicitis can be divided into acute cervicitis and chronic cervicitis. Patients will have clinical manifestations such as congestion, tenderness, and purulent leucorrhea in the cervix. So when the symptoms of cervicitis are severe, will it affect the patient's pregnancy? Next, Cao Qingli, deputy chief physician of Shaoguan First People's Hospital, will answer this question in detail.

Will cervicitis affect pregnancy?

Whether cervicitis will affect pregnancy depends mainly on the condition. If it is acute cervicitis, its secretions will increase, blocking the cervical opening, so it will affect conception. Chronic cervicitis is not in the acute stage and does not affect fetal development, so the child can be kept. If no drugs that may affect the fetus have been used recently, there will be no impact, but it is necessary to rule out the possibility that the mother may have other underlying diseases.

How to treat cervicitis?

To treat cervicitis, you must first maintain a regular life and menstrual cycle, pay attention to personal and sexual hygiene, clean the vulva with warm water every day, improve your immunity, and seek timely treatment after inflammation is discovered. Cervicitis is caused by many microorganisms, bacteria, viruses, and some normal microorganisms in the vagina or some microorganisms that invade from the outside.

What medications can be used for cervicitis?

The use of drugs for cervicitis requires the identification of the cause and symptomatic treatment. Cervicitis is caused by Candida, Trichomonas or other bacteria, so the pathogen must be confirmed. Symptoms of cervicitis include excessive secretions, cervical or vaginal congestion, etc. If the inflammation continues to spread to the pelvic cavity, there will be pelvic pain, sexual intercourse pain, abdominal pain, etc., and severe cases will have fever.

Cervicitis is a very common female disease. During the treatment period, sexual intercourse is prohibited to avoid infection and long-term treatment of the disease. During the treatment period, patients also need to ensure a light diet and a happy mood to achieve the best treatment effect. During the treatment period of cervicitis, there will be more iron-blooded or yellow-blooded secretions in the vagina. Women need to use cotton sanitary pads and change underwear frequently to clean the vulva.