Early symptoms of cervical cancer

It takes 6-8 years for cervical cancer to develop from early inflammation to malignant changes. If this period of time is well grasped, the early stage of cancer can be detected. Most of the early stages of cervical cancer are asymptomatic. As the disease progresses, patients may experience abnormal vaginal bleeding. Excessive vaginal discharge is also a common symptom of cervical cancer, and about 80% of cervical cancer patients have this symptom. Come and find out below!

What are the early symptoms of cervical cancer?

1. Irregular bleeding: Irregular bleeding is the most prominent symptom of cervical cancer. About 70%-80% of cervical cancer patients have vaginal bleeding.

2 Non-menstrual vaginal bleeding: After many years of menopause, menstruation suddenly comes again for no reason. Bleeding is often minimal and is not accompanied by abdominal pain, back pain and other symptoms, so it is very easy to be ignored. In fact, this type of non-menstrual bleeding in the vagina is often an early sign of cervical cancer.

3. Increased female secretions: In clinical medicine, approximately 75%-85% of cervical cancer patients have varying degrees of increased female secretions. Most of the symptoms are excessive vaginal discharge, which is often followed by changes in smell and color.

4 Pain: Pain often occurs in the lower abdomen or lumbosacral area. Sometimes the pain may occur in the upper abdomen, thighs and hip joints. It is aggravated during menstruation, defecation or sexual intercourse. Especially when the inflammation extends backward along the uterine sacral tendon or spreads along the bottom of the broad tendon, causing diffuse paracervical connective tissue inflammation and the main cervical tendon enlarges and thickens, the pain is more severe.

5. Accompanied by cervical erosion: Generally, cervical cancer patients are often accompanied by cervical erosion. Moderate to severe cervical erosion is the key cause of the disease. Young women with cervical erosion who have not been treated for a long time, or women who still have cervical erosion after menopause, should be given sufficient attention.

Can cervical precancerous lesions be cured?

Can cervical precancerous lesions be cured? No tumor cells can be detected in cervical precancerous lesions, so it is not cancer. Moreover, cervical precancerous lesions are reversible, that is to say, after treatment, these positive changes can be completely eliminated and the body can fully recover.

To understand the causes of cervical precancerous lesions, we must first understand the entire process of cancer development. Under the long-term action of various carcinogenic factors, the cells in the human body will gradually develop from normal cells to malignant tumors. This often takes years to decades. During this period, the cells first show an increase in number, but the cell shape does not change, which is pathologically called "simple hyperplasia". Then, as the number increases, the genetic mutations in the cell morphology become more and more obvious. At this time, it means that the cells have entered the front stage of cancer, that is, precancerous lesions.