Can I still have sex if I have cervical erosion? How should I treat cervical erosion?

Cervical erosion is the most common inflammation of the female reproductive organs, and is more common in married women. An epidemiological survey in a certain city showed that the incidence of cervical erosion among employed married women was as high as 43.89%, with mild cervical erosion accounting for 70%, moderate cervical erosion accounting for 27%, and severe cervical erosion accounting for 86%. In terms of classification, the simple type accounted for the majority, accounting for 56.69%, while the papillary type and granular type accounted for 43% and 31%. The incidence rate is higher among rural women.

Although cervical erosion is a local lesion, it directly affects women's physical and mental health. Cervical erosion not only brings pain to patients, but also carries the risk of infertility and cervical cancer (data show that the incidence of cervical cancer is 4.4 times higher than that of normal people). The larger the erosion area, the greater the risk factor. Timely treatment of cervical erosion is a measure to remedy the situation.

Relevant experts believe that cervical erosion is closely related to sexual life. Due to the barrier function of the hymen, unmarried women usually do not have foreign objects invading the vagina, so cervical erosion rarely occurs. Once married and having sexual intercourse, the vagina is relatively "open" and can be invaded by foreign bacteria.

Of course, normal, hygienic sex life generally does not bring any harm to women, because normal semen contains bactericidal substances, which can disinfect the vagina; at the same time, the female vagina also has a strong physiological function of self-cleaning, and it has the ability to naturally resist the invasion of foreign bacteria.

If men and women can carefully clean the external genitalia and perineum before each sexual intercourse and pay attention to cleanliness, it will generally not cause female genital inflammation. However, if you do not pay attention to cleanliness during sex, bacteria will have the opportunity to invade the vagina. In addition, due to the complex branching of female cervical glands and the many wrinkled walls of the cervical canal, the infection is not easy to completely eliminate, which increases the possibility of female genital inflammation.

It is reported that the age group with the highest incidence of this disease is 20-30 years old, accounting for 51 years old. The second is 30-40 years old, accounting for 44%. 20%. Although women aged 20-40 have higher estrogen levels and have a certain vaginal self-cleaning effect, the incidence of trichomonas vaginitis, fungal vaginitis, and non-specific vaginitis also rises synchronously due to frequent sexual life, bacterial infection and mechanical damage, providing a "hotbed" for cervical erosion. In addition, multiple sexual partners, menstrual sexual life, and excessive sexual stimulation are also factors that cannot be ignored in causing cervical erosion.

According to statistics, the occurrence of cervical erosion is also related to the menstrual cycle and duration: the prevalence rate is 81.80% for menstrual cycles ≤20-81 days, and 43.81% for ≥43-20 days. There is a very obvious difference between the two; the prevalence rate is only 33 days.33% for menstruation duration ≤8 days, while the prevalence rate is 83.33% for ≥8 days, which is a significant difference.

More importantly, women may suffer varying degrees of cervical lacerations during childbirth or miscarriage, which opens a convenient door for pathogens and leads to cervical inflammation in the future. Due to the stimulation of inflammation, local secretions increase, and the cervix is ​​immersed in inflammatory secretions for a long time, which can lead to erosion. Gynecological surgeries such as repeated miscarriage, diagnostic scraping, and cervical dilation may cause cervical injury or inflammation, and ultimately lead to cervical erosion.