What are the methods for diagnosing cervical erosion?

If you encounter cervical erosion, you should go to a regular gynecological hospital for examination and treatment. Cervicitis can be acute or chronic. The most common is chronic cervicitis. This is mainly because women often do not pay attention to treatment after suffering from cervicitis, which causes cervicitis to become chronic and more difficult to treat. So how is cervicitis diagnosed and treated in the hospital?

How is cervicitis diagnosed?

1. Local inflammatory manifestations

2. Gynecological examination: Acute inflammation can cause cervical congestion and edema, or erosion, with purulent secretions discharged from the cervical canal, and pain when the cervix is ​​touched. Chronic cervicitis can cause cervical erosion, hypertrophy, polyps, glandular cysts, and eversion to varying degrees, or purulent secretions at the cervical opening, and a hard cervix when palpated. If there is cervical erosion or polyps, there may be contact bleeding.

3. Cervical scraping shows Pap grade II.

4. For patients with more serious conditions, a cervical biopsy can be performed to confirm the diagnosis.

5. It is difficult to distinguish cervical erosion or polyps from early cervical cancer. The latter has hard, brittle tissue and is prone to bleeding. It is necessary to rely on cervical scraping to find cancer cells, and to perform colposcopy and cervical tissue biopsy for differentiation when necessary.

6. Cervical mucus microscopy > 10 neutrophil-white C/high-power field Diagnostic key----Clear pathogen gonococcal detection method: ① smear staining method, ② culture method, ③ PCR method, ④ enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

How to treat chronic cervicitis

1. Drug treatment method:

It is suitable for patients with small erosion area, shallow cervical inflammation or limited conditions. Use 25% silver nitrate or other local corrosion agents. The vagina should be irrigated before medication, and then wiped dry with dry cotton balls, and the cotton balls should be used to protect the normal vaginal mucosa. Chinese medicine powder can also be used, but it is forbidden to use during menstruation and pregnancy, and sexual intercourse and bathing are prohibited after medication.

2. Local treatment methods:

It is suitable for all kinds of patients. Local treatment includes five-combination therapy, vaginal flushing, ozone, atomization, red light irradiation, and symptomatic medication inside the vagina. There is also Chinese medicine liquid flushing and then red light or microwave irradiation. There is also routine vaginal flushing followed by atomization of liquid, the use of certain Chinese medicine ointments that promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, remove dead tissue and promote muscle regeneration, applied to the inflamed or eroded surface, and then irradiated with red light or microwave.

3. Surgical treatment methods:

Surgical treatment is usually permanent, and the scab surface heals well. Paying attention to diet and hygiene habits in daily life can prevent chronic cervicitis from happening again.

The above are the methods for diagnosing and treating cervicitis. When cervicitis develops into chronic cervicitis, the condition becomes more serious, so female friends should not ignore it when they find that they have cervicitis, especially for patients with acute cervicitis, which is the best period for treatment. Grasping the best time for treatment can minimize the damage.