There are three possible situations of cervical erosion in women. You should pay attention to these when treating cervical erosion.

Many women get worried when they hear the word "cervical erosion" after a physical examination, especially "severe cervical erosion" and think they have severe cervicitis. They even go to many places for treatment, including antibiotics, laser, and freezing. In fact, cervical erosion is not real erosion, and cervical erosion is not equal to cervicitis. As long as there is no discomfort and no malignant transformation, there is no need for treatment.

Cervical erosion may be a normal physiological phenomenon

Cervical erosion sounds scary, as if the inflammation is very serious. In fact, it is just a description of the appearance of the cervix seen by the naked eye. The so-called erosion is not necessarily true erosion. It may be due to changes in hormone levels in the body, which causes the squamous epithelium of the cervix to fall off and the columnar epithelium to grow outside, which then looks like erosion.

If the physical examination report says cervical erosion, there may be three situations:

The first case is a normal physiological phenomenon, which is caused by the simple outward migration of columnar epithelium due to hormones. The "erosion" in this case can be repaired by itself due to the change of hormones.

The second situation may be a manifestation of true cervical inflammation, and there should also be symptoms such as excessive vaginal discharge and low back pain;

The third situation may be a manifestation of early cervical cancer.

No discomfort, no malignant transformation, do not over-treat

The term "cervical erosion" was used very commonly in the past. Some doctors and patients lacked more knowledge about "cervical erosion", which led to overtreatment of cervical erosion. Many patients, based on the diagnosis of "cervical erosion", went to the hospital to use large amounts of antibiotics, excessive surgical freezing, laser treatment, and cervical cone resection. These treatments are over-treated without clarifying which of the three conditions the "cervical erosion" is. It is very likely that they are useless or even destructive to the normal physiological phenomena of the cervix. For women who have not given birth, after these treatments, the cervix will harden, and in the future when they become pregnant and give birth, the cervix may not be easy to dilate, causing cervical dystocia.