What are the pathological changes of chronic cervicitis?

Cervicitis is actually an inflammation that women may experience, and we all know that this inflammation is quite harmful to women's reproductive health. In many cases, this inflammation is related to some unhealthy lifestyles or lack of attention to cleanliness and hygiene. So what we are going to understand below is the pathology of chronic cervicitis. I hope every woman can pay attention to this common sense.

Chronic cervicitis often presents with a variety of pathological changes due to its slow onset and long course. The more common ones are cervical erosion, cervical polyps, cervicitis hypertrophy and cervical glandular cysts. Here we will introduce the changes in these four types of chronic cervicitis cases one by one.

1. Cervical erosion: Cervical erosion is the most common pathological change of chronic cervicitis. The cervical vaginal area at the external os of the cervix appears as a fine granular red area, which is called cervical erosion.

2. Cervical polyps: Chronic cervicitis causes long-term stimulation to cause local mucosal hyperplasia of the cervical canal. The uterus has a tendency to expel foreign bodies, causing the hyperplastic mucosa to gradually protrude from the base to the external os of the cervix to form polyps, one or more polyps, with a diameter of about 1 cm, red in color, tongue-shaped, soft and brittle, easy to bleed, and a slender pedicle. The roots are mostly attached to the external os of the cervix, and a few are on the wall of the cervical canal.

3. Cervical hypertrophy: Due to the long-term stimulation of chronic cervicitis, the cervical tissue becomes congested and edematous, and the glands and stroma proliferate. Mucus may also accumulate deep in the glands to form cysts, causing the cervix to hypertrophy and increase in hardness to varying degrees, but the surface is mostly smooth, and sometimes cervical gland cyst protrusions can be seen.

4. Cervical gland cyst: During the healing process of cervical erosion, the newly formed squamous epithelium covers the opening of the cervical gland duct or extends into the gland duct, blocking the opening of the gland duct; the connective tissue around the gland duct proliferates or scars form, compressing the gland duct, causing the gland duct to narrow or even block it, and the drainage of glandular secretions is obstructed and retained to form cysts.

The above are about the pathological changes of chronic cervicitis. Through these introductions, we will find that if chronic cervicitis is not treated in time, it can also cause cervical erosion, cervical hypertrophy or other cervical problems. Naturally, the harm caused to women will be more serious, so we should pay attention to treatment.