Cervical cancer screening considerations

Cervical cancer has become a disease that modern women are very concerned about. Because cervical cancer has claimed the lives of many women, female friends need to prevent the occurrence of cervical cancer in daily life. Among them, cervical cancer screening is an important means to effectively determine whether a woman has cervical cancer. So what are the precautions when doing cervical cancer screening?

1. What are the precautions for cervical cancer screening?

Female physical examinations are generally required to be performed during the non-menstrual period, and the same applies to cervical TCT examinations, which should be done within 3-7 days after the end of menstruation.

The couple should not have sex for two days after the cervical TCT examination.

Do not flush the vagina or use vaginal suppositories the day before the TCT examination. Vaginal examination should be done after the cervical TCT examination.

If you have gynecological inflammation, you should wait until the disease is treated before doing a cervical TCT test to avoid inaccurate test results.

2. Symptoms of cervical cancer

In the early stage of vaginal bleeding, it is mostly contact bleeding; in the middle and late stages, it is irregular vaginal bleeding. The amount of bleeding varies depending on the size of the lesion and the extent of invasion of interstitial blood vessels. If large blood vessels are invaded, massive bleeding may occur. Young patients may also experience prolonged menstruation and increased menstrual flow; elderly patients often experience irregular vaginal bleeding after menopause. Generally, vaginal bleeding symptoms appear earlier in the exogenous type and the amount of bleeding is heavy, while the symptoms appear later in the endogenous type.

Vaginal discharge Most patients have vaginal discharge, which is white or bloody, can be thin like water or rice water, or have a fishy odor. Patients in the late stage may have a large amount of rice-soup-like or purulent and foul-smelling leucorrhea due to necrosis of cancerous tissue and infection.

Late-stage symptoms include different secondary symptoms depending on the extent of cancer involvement. Such as frequent urination, urgency, constipation, swelling and pain in the lower limbs, etc.; when the tumor compresses or involves the ureter, it can cause ureteral obstruction, hydronephrosis and uremia; in the late stage, there may be symptoms of systemic failure such as anemia and cachexia.

3. Signs of cervical cancer

Carcinoma in situ and microinvasive carcinoma may have no obvious macroscopic lesions, and the cervix may be smooth or only have columnar epithelial ectopia. Different signs may appear as the disease progresses. Exophytic cervical cancer may show polyp-like or cauliflower-like growths, which are often accompanied by infection. The tumors are brittle and prone to bleeding. Endophytic cervical cancer may show hypertrophy, hardness, and dilation of the cervical canal. In the late stage, the cancer tissue may necrotize and fall off, forming ulcers or cavities with a foul odor. When the vaginal wall is affected, growths may be seen growing on the vaginal wall or the vaginal wall may become hard; when the paracervical tissue is affected, bimanual and triple-manual examinations may reveal thickening, nodularity, and hardness of the paracervical tissue, or the formation of a frozen pelvic cavity.

How to prevent cervical cancer

1. We should pay attention to sexual hygiene in our daily life. Do not have too many sexual partners, pay attention to the cleanliness of the vulva, maintain a dry genital environment, and change underwear frequently, which can prevent the incidence of cervical cancer.

2. You should also have regular gynecological examinations. Cancer does not occur overnight. It is a collection of minor illnesses. Therefore, women should go to the hospital for regular gynecological examinations. Regular examinations can detect some precancerous lesions, detect the disease as early as possible, and provide treatment measures as soon as possible. Reduce the incidence of cervical cancer.

3. Pay attention to a reasonable and balanced diet and avoid fried, spicy and irritating foods. All cancers are preventable, and the prevention of cervical cancer is inseparable from dietary adjustments. Eating more foods that can prevent cervical cancer, such as soybeans, tofu, sour plums, tomatoes, soy milk and other soy products, can prevent the occurrence of cervical cancer. Because these foods have antioxidant effects, they can inhibit the growth and division of cervical cancer and reduce the chance of cervical cancer.