Gynecological examination is needed after menopause

Is it necessary to have a gynecological examination after menopause? The answer is yes. The diseases that affect the health of the elderly are mainly non-communicable diseases including heart disease, cancer, diabetes, etc. At the same time, for elderly women, gynecological diseases must not be ignored.

Gynecological examinations are still necessary after menopause

Many elderly women think that they have reached menopause and will not be troubled by gynecological diseases in the future. They are even too embarrassed to go for a checkup, and will only go to the doctor when there is a serious condition. As a result, they bury hidden dangers for their own bodies. In fact, the high-incidence age of malignant tumors, such as cervical cancer, endometrial adenocarcinoma, and ovarian cancer, is mostly in menopause and the days after. Some experts say that endometrial cancer, ovarian cancer, and cervical cancer are mostly found in elderly women, and the incidence rate has been on the rise in recent years. At the same time, due to the decline of ovarian function and the decrease of estrogen, pelvic floor dysfunction, such as uterine and vaginal prolapse, senile vaginitis, etc., will cause various inconveniences to women's own body and sex life.

Gynecological tumors are difficult to detect and can be found early through examination

Many elderly women who visit gynecologists have been suffering from the disease for a long time and have gone to the hospital because they can no longer bear it. Before seeing a doctor, they often take medicine and wash themselves, which may relieve the symptoms slightly, but it masks the real cause of the disease and causes the condition to worsen.

It is understood that except for ovarian cancer which has no symptoms and is difficult to detect early, cervical cancer and endometrial cancer can be diagnosed through testing methods. "For example, regular cervical cytology examinations can diagnose cervical cancer early. If you wait until bleeding occurs during sexual contact, it is often in the late stage. Endometrial cancer manifests as postmenopausal bleeding or abnormal bleeding when menopause is approaching, and it can be diagnosed by curettage and HPV virus infection testing."