What causes cervical erosion? These causes can cause cervical erosion

Cervical erosion is a common gynecological disease. This disease is a headache for women. Many female friends want to know how they get cervical erosion, so that they can prevent this disease in advance and avoid harm.

So, what causes cervical erosion?

1. Unclean Sexual Life

Unmarried women are protected by the barrier of the hymen, and the microecological environment in the vagina is balanced. Even if pathogens invade, it is difficult to cause trouble, so cervical erosion rarely occurs. Once sexual intercourse begins, the vagina is relatively "open". During sexual intercourse, the penis and cervix are in direct contact. If men do not pay attention to sexual hygiene, they can directly bring pathogens into the vagina and infect the cervix. For women who have already suffered from cervical erosion, it can aggravate their cervical inflammation and expand the erosion surface. In severe cases, bleeding may occur during sexual intercourse, so men are to blame for cervical erosion.

2. Multiple artificial abortions

More importantly, repeated artificial abortions can cause varying degrees of cervical damage, giving bacteria an opportunity to invade and cause cervicitis. Due to the stimulation of inflammation, local secretions increase, and the cervix will be immersed in inflammatory secretions for a long time, which will cause erosion. Therefore, women of childbearing age must do a good job of contraception, avoid multiple artificial abortions, and prevent the occurrence of cervical erosion.

3. Excessive cleaning

Some women pay much attention to hygiene, but lack the necessary knowledge, and often use high concentration disinfectant to wash the vagina, which is counterproductive because it will not only affect the growth of normal vaginal flora and reduce its ability to inhibit bacteria, but also cause varying degrees of damage to the cervical epithelium, eventually leading to erosion.

The correct way to clean the genitals should be: clean the vulva appropriately, do not flush the vagina unless necessary, maintain the natural defense line of the female reproductive tract, do not destroy the ecological balance in the vagina, and prevent bacteria from causing trouble.

4. Menstruation lasts too long

Studies have shown that cervical erosion is related to the menstrual cycle and the duration of the menstrual cycle: the prevalence rate is 81.80% for menstrual cycles ≤20 days, and ≤43.81% for menstrual cycles ≥20 days; the prevalence rate is only 33.33% for menstrual cycles ≤2 days, and 83.33% for menstrual cycles ≥8 days. Therefore, women with short cycles and long durations are more likely to develop cervical erosion. The incidence of erosion can be reduced by extending the cycle and shortening the menstrual period.

5. Disordered Sexual Life

Multiple sexual partners, excessive sexual activity (more than 4 times a week), sexual activity during menstruation, etc. are also causes of cervical erosion that cannot be ignored.

What are the early symptoms of cervical erosion?

1. The early symptoms of cervical erosion are mainly increased and sticky leucorrhea and increased secretions from the vulva. The symptoms are often sticky, which are mainly caused by cervical secretions.

2. As the degree of cervical erosion increases, the early symptoms of cervical erosion will also include occasional purulent or bloody leucorrhea. Friends with cervical erosion will experience back pain, cramps in the lower abdomen, and a feeling of heaviness and pain in the lower abdomen.

3. Among the early symptoms of cervical erosion, women with frequent sexual life may also experience contact bleeding during sexual intercourse, vulva itching, and a disgusting odor in the early stages.

If you and your family experience the above symptoms or want to consult about cervical erosion, please log in and find Dr. Fu from Peking Union Medical College Hospital for medical consultation as soon as possible to avoid missing the best time for diagnosis.

Chief Physician Shan Ying currently works at Peking Union Medical College Hospital. She specializes in: gynecological endocrinology, abnormal uterine bleeding, treatment of heavy uterine bleeding in all age groups, menstrual disorders, infrequent and rare menstruation, various types of amenorrhea, polycystic ovary syndrome, menopausal syndrome, postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy, vulvar pruritus, vulvar leukoplakia, recurrent miscarriage, various types of recurrent vaginal inflammation, refractory candidal vaginitis, cervicitis, HPV infection, pelvic inflammatory disease, adenomyosis, and endometriosis.

Dr. Shan has excellent medical skills and noble medical ethics. She has a high cure rate and a 98% patient approval rate. There is an endless stream of patients coming to see her every day, and an appointment is hard to come by.

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