What are the early symptoms of cervical erosion in women? These symptoms indicate that cervical erosion is still in the early stages.

What are the early symptoms of cervical erosion? Cervical erosion was a misconception of a normal cervical manifestation in the past, but now it is replaced by the physiological phenomenon of "cervical columnar epithelium ectopia" in academia. Does cervical erosion still need surgical treatment? Let's find out.

What are the early symptoms of cervical erosion? What are the complications?

Cervical columnar epithelial ectopia is a normal physiological phenomenon, and there is no special clinical manifestation. Some people may have contact bleeding, but this is only the individual difference of the cervix. If there is an increase in leucorrhea, yellowing, and odor, it is a manifestation of cervical inflammation. Cervical cysts and hypertrophy are also the result of chronic cervical inflammation.

Does cervical erosion need treatment?

Cervical columnar epithelial ectopia does not require any treatment. In the past, various treatments were used for different degrees of cervical erosion, such as drug therapy, physical therapy, traditional surgical treatment, high-frequency LEEp, BBT ablation, etc. However, these methods of treating cervical erosion are actually wrong. However, symptomatic cervicitis needs to be treated. Acute inflammation is treated with suppositories, and chronic inflammation can be treated with physical therapy methods such as laser or freezing.

What is cervical erosion?

There are two different types of cells in the cervix, the ones near the vagina are squamous cells, and the ones near the uterus are columnar cells. The two types of epithelial cells are different in appearance. The central part, which looks a bit like "eroded" cervix, is the appearance after being covered by columnar epithelium, while the relatively smooth outer part of the cervix is ​​the part of the cervix covered by squamous epithelial cells.

Before puberty, women's ovarian function is not perfect, estrogen is low, and the columnar epithelium is closer to the inside. After menstruation, the columnar epithelium is affected by estrogen and develops more to the outside. Therefore, more columnar epithelium similar to "erosion" is found during cervical examination. After menopause, women's estrogen levels drop, and the columnar epithelium begins to retreat to the inside. At this time, the "erosion" is no longer visible during examination. Therefore, in essence, the so-called cervical erosion is actually the eversion of the columnar epithelium.