The main manifestations of mild, moderate and severe cervical erosion

Cervical erosion is a common gynecological disease and a manifestation of chronic cervicitis. It can be divided into mild, moderate and severe grades according to the degree of erosion.

Mild cervical erosion

Patients with mild cervical erosion basically have no obvious symptoms, and may only experience increased vaginal discharge, which is often easily overlooked. Cervical erosion in many patients is discovered during a general examination or when they visit a doctor for other gynecological diseases.

Moderate and severe cervical erosion

Moderate and severe cervical erosion are generally difficult to distinguish and are often combined. The most obvious symptoms of patients are increased vaginal discharge, yellow and sticky, or blood in the vaginal discharge. A few patients may bleed after sexual intercourse. If inflammation and infection occur concurrently, it can cause vulvar itching. Because the cervical lymphatics are directly connected to the paracervical connective tissue, inflammation can spread to the pelvic cavity through the lymphatic circulation, leading to pelvic connective tissue inflammation, lumbar pain, lower abdominal distension and other symptoms.

Abnormal vaginal discharge is almost the most typical manifestation of mid- to late-stage cervical erosion. If the inflammation is not obvious, the vaginal discharge is mainly transparent mucus; if the cervical erosion is accompanied by obvious inflammation, the vaginal discharge is yellow purulent and sticky. If the erosion area is small or the lesion is shallow, the amount of vaginal discharge may be small; on the contrary, if the erosion is large and severe, the amount of vaginal discharge is large, and even irregular vaginal bleeding may occur.