How should women maintain their cervix? Can they suffer from cervicitis even if they don't have sex?

The cervix, also known as the cervix, is one of the important tissue organs of the female reproductive system. From embryos and female fetuses to elderly women, the cervix involves gynecology, obstetrics, family planning, women's health and reproductive health disease prevention and health care issues, involving women's own health, family happiness, economic and social issues, and is also closely related to sex and reproduction. Therefore, cervical maintenance is very important. Women should pay attention to menstrual hygiene and vulva hygiene. Do not use any medicinal detergents for cleaning at will, which will destroy the self-cleaning function of the vagina. Only weak acid women's care liquid should be used to clean the vulva every day to maintain the self-cleaning function of the vagina. What aspects should be paid attention to in cervical care? The following small side will introduce them one by one.

Clean your underwear separately

Women's privacy needs to be carefully taken care of. The simplest and most effective way to care for it is to clean tight underwear carefully. Generally speaking, pathogens can multiply on the skin surface, gastrointestinal tract, nails, etc. Therefore, in order to prevent cross-infection with family members, women's underwear must be washed separately. It is best to dry it in the sun.

Avoid excessive vaginal cleaning

The female vagina itself has a "self-cleaning" function, which can protect the female reproductive system to a certain extent. If you use disinfectants to wash the vagina without any indication for medication, it may damage the vagina's defense function. Therefore, women can use clean water to wash their lower body, and should not abuse antibiotics and chemical drugs to wash the vagina for a long time, in order to prevent bacterial imbalance and cause fungal vaginitis.

Beware of washing machines

Many women are used to washing underwear in a washing machine. Although they wash them separately, it is difficult to avoid contamination by other bacteria, because pathogens are hidden in almost every washing tub! The killer of pathogens in the washing machine is: use hot water at about 60℃ to wash the washing tub, and wash it regularly with clothing disinfectant.

Wear cotton underwear

There are many types of women's underwear, and if you choose underwear that is too tight, it is easy to cause frequent friction with the vulva, anus, and urethra, causing bacteria in the anal or vaginal secretions to enter the vagina or urethra and cause urinary or reproductive system infections. Therefore, for the sake of women's own health, it is best to choose loose cotton underwear.

You can also get cervicitis without sex

Why do you get cervicitis when you don't have sex? Some patients are confused about this. Gynecologists say that unclean sex is a common cause of cervicitis, but it is not the only cause. You can also get cervicitis without having sex.

The only cause of unclean sexual life other than cervicitis

The cervix is ​​connected to the outside world through the vaginal passage, and external bacteria can affect the cervix through this passage, causing inflammation. Although this situation is relatively rare, women should be aware that unclean sanitary napkins, toilets, toilet paper, and even undried underwear may be the source of cervicitis. Common factors that cause cervicitis are as follows:

1. Unclean sexual life: About half of married women suffer from cervicitis, which is related to sexual life.

2. Mechanical stimulation or injury: Cervical injuries such as childbirth, miscarriage, and surgery are also the main causes of cervicitis.

3. Pathogen infection: mainly Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Escherichia coli and anaerobic bacteria, gonorrhea, Chlamydia trachomatis, herpes virus, papillomavirus, etc., and can also be secondary to Trichomonas and Candida vaginitis.

4. Chemical stimulation: Flushing the vagina with high-concentration acidic or alkaline solutions, or placing highly corrosive drug tablets or suppositories can also cause inflammation.

Not all types of cervicitis are associated with cervical cancer

Cervicitis generally does not affect fertility, and not all cervicitis is related to cervical cancer, but many patients still worry that this is an "ominous sign" of precancerous lesions.

In fact, only if persistent HPV infection causes changes in the cervical epithelium (medically known as precancerous lesions), if it is not treated, it may develop into cervical cancer. The process from precancerous lesions to cancer takes an average of 8 to 10 years. As for cervicitis caused by non-HpV chlamydia, gonococci and other infections, it will not develop into cervical cancer.

People who have had sex too early, have multiple sexual partners, have a history of multiple miscarriages or childbirth, and have sexually transmitted diseases are more likely to be infected with HPV. Therefore, experts recommend that high-risk groups should undergo regular cervical cancer screening, including TCT (liquid-based thin layer cell test), high-risk human papillomavirus test (HPV test), vaginal endoscopy, etc. TCT is best checked once a year. If you choose to do both TCT and HPV, and the test results are normal, you can check once every three years.