What does a bad cervix mean?

Poor cervix is ​​a common condition in our lives. It mainly refers to inflammation of the cervix or hypoplasia of the cervix itself. This condition will cause women to have increased vaginal discharge or bloody vaginal discharge, and cervical hypoplasia will also affect the treatment of the disease. Everyone should pay attention to the maintenance of the cervix and personal hygiene. We should pay attention to the maintenance measures and inspection methods for a bad cervix.

What does a bad cervix mean?

A bad cervix may be due to cervical inflammation, but it may also be due to poor development of the cervix itself. Increased leucorrhea is the main symptom of this disease. Leucorrhea can be milky white or light yellow, and sometimes bloody or mixed with blood.

The vulva and vagina may be irritated by increased leucorrhea and may develop vulvitis or vaginitis, causing vulva and vaginal itching and pain. When the inflammation is severe, it can spread along the uterosacral ligament and cardinal ligament and cause pelvic connective tissue inflammation, causing pain in the lower abdomen or lumbosacral region accompanied by a feeling of falling.

When the inflammation spreads to the trigone or around the bladder, frequent urination or difficulty urinating may occur. The sticky leucorrhea is not conducive to sperm penetration, so severe cervicitis can cause infertility.

How to Check the Cervix

Colposcopy

A colposcope is a common instrument for examining the cervix. Through a colposcope, the observed image can be magnified many times, thereby detecting cervical lesions that cannot be observed with the naked eye. The method of colposcopy to examine the cervix is ​​very simple. First, use the speculum to expose the cervix, then aim the colposcope at the cervix, and then you can check the image of the cervix.

Cervical smear

Cervical smear generally refers to Pap smear. The specific method is to scrape a small amount of cells from the cervix through the vagina, then smear these cervical cells on a glass slide, and observe whether there are any problems with the cervical cells under a microscope. Do not rinse the vagina with water or use vaginal medications during the two days after doing the cervical smear, so as not to affect the test results.

Cervical biopsy

Cervical biopsy, as the name suggests, is to examine the living tissue of the cervix. The method is very simple. Just take a small amount of living tissue from the cervix through the vagina for pathological examination. This examination method can be used to check whether the patient has cervical cancer.

What does a bad cervix mean? A bad cervix mainly refers to the increase of leucorrhea due to inflammation, and in severe cases it can even lead to infertility. Doctors generally recommend that female patients undergo a cervical cancer screening once a year to detect cervical lesions early and to provide timely treatment if there are any problems.