How painful is a cervical biopsy?

Cervical biopsy is a common medical method. This medical method is generally painless. It only takes 5 minutes and the operation can be performed without anesthesia. After a woman undergoes a cervical biopsy, she should be careful not to have sexual intercourse within one month to avoid infection. Vaginal bleeding may occur after a cervical biopsy. You can learn about the care methods for cervical biopsy.

Is a cervical biopsy painful?

With the continuous improvement of medical technology in our country, cervical biopsy has made great progress compared with traditional examination methods, and the harm to patients has been reduced a lot. Let's talk about the pain problem of cervical biopsy that everyone is concerned about.

1. Under normal circumstances, women will not feel pain when undergoing cervical biopsy. However, cervical biopsy may cause soreness and distension in the patient's lower abdomen, and many of the examinees will feel a feeling of lower abdominal distension.

2. Generally, cervical biopsy is not very painful and the process only takes five minutes. Since there are no pain nerves at the end of the cervix, patients usually do not undergo anesthesia.

3. Many women feel very painful when doing cervical biopsy. This pain does not come from the cervix, but may be caused by disease inside the vagina. The person being examined is sensitive to pain, which causes greater pain when being touched during the examination. The cervix does not even have pain nerves and cannot produce pain.

Women do not need to be afraid of cervical biopsy. They should still do the necessary examination, otherwise it may delay the treatment. In addition, today's technology has become much more advanced and the damage has been kept to a minimum.

What does cervical biopsy mean?

The process of cervical biopsy is relatively simple and takes a short time, but it is a very practical examination that can make very accurate diagnoses for many gynecological diseases in women.

1. A test of living tissue from a woman's cervix is ​​commonly known as a cervical biopsy. It is to remove some active tissue from the cervix of the person being examined, and then perform corresponding pathological examinations to diagnose the patient's condition so that targeted treatment can be carried out.

2. At the beginning of the cervical biopsy, the doctor will disinfect the vulva, vagina, cervix and other parts of the person being examined. Special biopsy forceps will then be used to remove some tissue from the affected area, which will then be immersed in a 10 percent formalin solution. Pathological sections will be made and stained, and the doctor will observe and analyze the sections before making the corresponding pathological diagnosis.

Cervical biopsy is usually used to examine patients for suspicious cancer and suspicious cells. Cervical biopsy is the strongest basis for the diagnosis of cervical cancer. Whenever you are checking for cervical cancer, no matter it is in the early or late stages, cervical biopsy is a must.

What is a cervical biopsy?

Many women undergo regular gynecological examinations, and some are advised by their doctors to undergo cervical biopsy after completing routine examinations. Many female friends don’t quite understand the function of this examination, so let me introduce it to you below.

1. The biggest function of cervical biopsy is to determine whether the person being examined has cervical cancer. This is a confirmatory test for cervical cancer.

2. Irregular vaginal bleeding: There are many diseases that can cause irregular vaginal bleeding, and it is also likely caused by cervical lesions. If bleeding symptoms persist for a long time, a cervical biopsy should be performed to rule out cancer as the cause.

3. Postmenopausal vaginal bleeding: It usually occurs in elderly women. They have already reached menopause, but they still have vaginal bleeding. This is a phenomenon worthy of attention. If it happens, you should go to the hospital for examination immediately.

4. Contact bleeding: For example, bleeding during sexual intercourse and bleeding after a gynecological examination may be traumatic bleeding. However, cervical cancer can also cause bleeding.

Women with the above-mentioned conditions should pay attention to it. In addition, if cervical erosion does not heal for a long time, a cervical biopsy should be performed to prevent the long-term treatment from being caused by lesions.