What are the symptoms of chronic cervicitis in the elderly? Be careful of chronic cervicitis if you have these symptoms

Chronic cervicitis is relatively common in our clinic. It mainly occurs because pathogenic bacteria infect the cervix, causing damage to the cervical tissue and forming inflammatory changes. Clinically, women of all ages may suffer from this disease, many of whom are elderly. The specific situation of each person is different, and the symptoms are also different.

Speaking of chronic cervicitis, everyone is familiar with it. Cervicitis, as the name implies, is an inflammatory change caused by pathogenic bacteria ascending to the cervix due to various reasons. It has many clinical manifestations. There are patients of all ages, including women of childbearing age, parturients, and elderly friends. However, many female friends do not pay attention to it in normal times. If they ignore vaginitis or vulvitis for a long time, it is likely to develop into chronic cervicitis in the elderly as the disease prolongs. So, what are the symptoms of chronic cervicitis in the elderly? Let's talk about it today.

In fact, chronic cervicitis is usually caused by untreated or incompletely treated acute cervicitis. Some patients have no history of acute cervicitis and directly present with chronic cervicitis. In fact, cervicitis is an inflammatory change that occurs in the cervix. Many cases of this disease are caused by the proliferation of pathogenic bacteria that have not been completely cured of vaginitis or vulvitis and have spread to the cervix. Therefore, the most typical symptom of this disease is abnormal changes in leucorrhea, such as increased leucorrhea, yellowing, odor, itching of the vulva, etc.

Some patients, if the disease lasts for a long time and the cervix is ​​seriously damaged, may have symptoms of bloody vaginal discharge or contact bleeding. Many patients may have pain during intercourse or fear of sexual intercourse. In severe cases, bloody vaginal discharge or abnormal bleeding may occur, as well as discomfort in the waist and abdomen. The symptoms are different for each person depending on the severity, duration, specific degree and nature of the infection. Elderly friends with a long course of illness must pay attention and it is best to do a cervical cancer prevention smear test every year.

To sum up, these are some basic symptoms of chronic cervicitis that we talked about today. For individuals, not all symptoms may exist at the same time. They may exist alone or in combination. We cannot generalize. Paying more attention to your diet in daily life will have a certain auxiliary significance for the treatment of the disease. In addition, regular checkups for chronic diseases are very important.