Is cervical erosion contagious?

Is cervical erosion contagious? Infectious diseases are quite harmful and are also a type of disease that we are very afraid of. Cervical erosion is one of the most common gynecological diseases. Many patients worry about whether the disease will be contagious, so they are anxious all day long. So, is cervical erosion contagious? Let me introduce it to you below.

Cervical erosion is a cervical injury caused by long-term mechanical stimulation. People with cervical erosion often experience pain. After the disease occurs, patients often experience increased vaginal discharge, which is often purulent. They may also experience pain in the lower abdomen and lumbosacral region and bladder irritation. Patients with more severe erosion may have varying degrees of pale bloody secretions. Typically, patients have bloody secretions after sexual intercourse. The viscous purulent secretions of the cervix are not conducive to the passage of sperm, leading to infertility.

Cervical erosion is not contagious. It is not caused by bacteria like vaginitis. However, sometimes vaginitis, cervicitis and other gynecological inflammations associated with cervical erosion are covered by cervical erosion and are not easy to detect. However, these gynecological inflammations are easily contagious, and sometimes vaginitis can also cause cervical erosion. Cervical erosion is a disease transmitted through sexual intercourse. In order to control the condition of cervical erosion, patients cannot have sex with their sexual partners before the cervical erosion is cured, and the vulva must be kept clean.

Regular cervical examinations are necessary, not to prevent cervical erosion, but to prevent cervical cancer. The occurrence of cervical cancer is related to infection with human papillomavirus (HPV). Some patients with high-risk HPV infection are prone to precancerous lesions and cervical cancer when they are continuously infected at the squamous-columnar junction of the cervix. Since the advent of cervical smears, the mortality rate of cervical cancer has dropped significantly. The key is early prevention and treatment.

It is currently recommended that women over the age of 21 should undergo a cervical smear test once a year. After the age of 30, an HPV test can be combined. If three consecutive HPV and cervical smear tests are negative, the interval can be extended to once every three years. Screening can be stopped after the age of 65.