What are the clinical symptoms of cervicitis? 4 tips to teach you how to effectively prevent cervicitis

Cervicitis is a common gynecological disease for female friends. There are two types: acute cervicitis and chronic cervicitis. Acute cervicitis coexists with acute endometritis or acute vaginitis, but chronic cervicitis is very common. If cervicitis is not treated in time, it is easy to become cancerous, and in the most serious cases it can cause infertility. Therefore, women with cervicitis should go to a professional hospital for examination and treatment in time to avoid delaying the disease and missing the best time for treatment.

What are the symptoms of cervicitis?

1. Increased leucorrhea

Women with cervicitis will have more vaginal discharge, which is usually sticky mucus or purulent mucus. Sometimes the discharge may contain blood or a small amount of blood, and there may also be contact bleeding. Usually the irritation of vaginal discharge will cause vulvar itching.

2. Vulvar itching

After a woman suffers from cervicitis, the vulva and vagina may develop vulvitis or vaginitis due to irritation caused by increased leucorrhea, which may cause itching and pain in the external vagina. When this happens, you must pay attention to avoid worsening of the disease and causing difficulties in treatment.

3. Pain in the lower abdomen and lumbar region

When women suffer from cervicitis, the uterosacral ligament may be lost when the inflammation is severe, which can easily cause abdominal or lumbosacral pain, accompanied by a feeling of falling.

4. Frequent urination and difficulty urinating

When women suffer from cervicitis, they will experience symptoms of frequent urination/dysuria. When the inflammation spreads to the bladder triangle or around the bladder, symptoms of frequent urination or dysuria will appear. Some patients will even feel pain when defecating.

5. Infertility

When a woman has cervicitis, her leucorrhea will be thick. Thick leucorrhea is not conducive to sperm penetration, so severe cervicitis can cause infertility.

What are the dangers of cervicitis

1. Affecting the quality of sex life

Severe cervicitis can affect the quality of sexual life, causing women to feel pain and discomfort during sexual intercourse, and thus reject sexual intercourse.

2. Cause infertility

About 20% to 25% of patients with excessive vaginal discharge are caused by cervicitis. If the leucorrhea caused by inflammation is thick and purulent, it will be detrimental to the passage of sperm through the cervical canal, thus leading to infertility. This is a common hazard of cervicitis.

3. Inducing cervical cancer

According to statistics, the incidence of cervical cancer in women with cervicitis is 10 times higher than that in women without cervicitis. Long-term untreated or incurable cervicitis is considered a factor in the development of cervical cancer.

4. Cause miscarriage

Cervicitis is also a cause of miscarriage, because cervicitis can cause tissue changes, reduce elasticity, make labor unsuccessful, and lead to miscarriage. This is a common hazard of cervicitis.

How to prevent cervicitis

1. Pay attention to personal hygiene: take a bath frequently, change underwear frequently, wash the vulva with warm water every day, avoid using unclean bathing utensils, and avoid using other people's towels, soap, etc.

2. Avoid cross infection: Use qualified menstrual pads, take rest during menstruation, and avoid swimming during menstruation. Also pay attention to the hygiene of public baths, swimming pools, hotels and public toilets to avoid cross infection.

3. Pay attention to sexual hygiene: After marriage, you should pay attention to sexual contact infection and avoid sexual intercourse during menstruation. If you have sexually transmitted diseases, including syphilis, gonorrhea, trichomoniasis, etc., both husband and wife must be treated at the same time, and the treatment must be thorough.

4. Pay attention to regular exercise to help increase the body's resistance. Especially for women who have been sedentary for a long time and for office workers, regular exercise is more conducive to relieving fatigue, detoxification, etc., and enhancing the body's resistance.