Overview of Uterine Polyps

Uterine polyps are one of the common uterine diseases, which are common in all ages of middle and late adolescence, and are more common in women over 35 years old. The following editor will show you what are the causes of uterine polyps? What are the symptoms of uterine polyps, what are the causes of uterine polyps, what are the harms of uterine polyps, and will uterine polyps affect women's pregnancy? And the treatment of uterine polyps.

What is the cause of uterine polyps

What is the cause of uterine polyps in women? Many women should have heard of this common gynecological disease. It will be helpful for them to understand its symptoms. Uterine polyps are a manifestation of chronic cervicitis. There is a layer of mucous membrane on the surface of the cervical canal. Due to the long-term stimulation of inflammation, the cervical canal mucosa continues to proliferate and accumulate, and it protrudes from the dermis of the mucosa to the external opening of the cervix, thus forming cysts. What is the cause of cervical cysts in women? Let’s take a look at the symptoms below.

Early symptoms include the following:

1. Lump slippage

If uterine polyps occur in single young women, these patients may present with lumps and slippage at the vulva.

2. Abnormal leucorrhea

When patients with uterine polyps have excessive leucorrhea or bloody leucorrhea, the possibility of cervical cysts should be considered. This is because the cervix often contracts under the stimulation of inflammation, causing women to have excessive secretions. The cervix is ​​rich in blood vessels and has a thin upper epidermis, so it may bleed due to inflammation, and sometimes a small amount of blood can be seen in the secretions.

3. Vaginal bleeding

The early symptoms of uterine polyps are also manifested as a small amount of bleeding, sometimes red in color. Some patients also bleed after sexual intercourse, some patients' bleeding is even similar to menstruation, and some patients may also show postmenopausal vaginal bleeding. When patients are over-tired or under too much work pressure, vaginal bleeding is more common or may be aggravated.

Gynecologists explain that women often ignore uterine polyps. The main reason is that one-third of women have no obvious symptoms and are only discovered during doctor examinations. Even if there are symptoms, most of them are mild, mainly a small amount of spotting, red bleeding, or bleeding during intercourse, which are often mistaken for "menstruation". A few people have bleeding similar to their menstrual period. Some patients usually have yellow leucorrhea, most of which have a strong odor, or the secretions contain blood; it can also manifest as postmenopausal vaginal bleeding, and single patients often show swelling and slippage at the vulva. When a vaginal speculum is used to expose the cervix during a routine gynecological examination, the cysts that are heard vary in size and appearance. They can be roughly divided into two types:

The first type of uterine polyps have their roots mostly adhered to the external os of the cervix or in the cervical canal. They are generally small in size, with a diameter of less than 1 cm, occurring singly or in groups, bright red in color, soft in texture, easy to bleed, and with a long and thin pedicle. The appearance is like a water droplet producing an oblate body.

Another type of uterine polyp occurs in the cervix. This type of cyst is superficial, protrudes toward the surface, has a wide base, is light red in color, and is tough in texture. Most uterine polyps are benign, but a few may become malignant, with a deterioration rate of 0.2 to 0.4%. If cervical cysts are removed, they will often relapse.

Causes of uterine polyps

1. Long-term inflammatory stimulation causes excessive proliferation of the cervical mucosa. In addition, the uterus has a tendency to remove foreign matter, which causes the proliferative mucosa to gradually protrude from the base end to the external os of the cervix and form a cyst.

2. It is usually caused by childbirth, miscarriage, postpartum infection, surgical operation or mechanical stimulation, sexual intercourse that damages the cervix, and pathogen invasion that causes infection. Survey data show that married women account for more than 98% of patients with cervical cysts.

3. The patient's endocrine disorder is especially related to the excessively high level of estrogen in the body. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that cervical cysts are caused by the accumulation of cold and dampness, which damages the nutrients in the Xuehai acupoint and damages the diversity and cell band formation.

Harm caused by uterine polyps

1. If uterine polyps are not treated, they will gradually grow larger and block the cervical opening. Or if the cyst happens to block the exit of the cervix, it can narrow the cervical opening or deform the cervical canal, thereby hindering the normal flow of sperm and causing infertility.

2. Abnormal leucorrhea. A very small number of patients with large cysts have symptoms of excessive leucorrhea, or a trace of blood in the secretions, or even a small amount of vaginal bleeding, that is, bloody leucorrhea or irregular bleeding, especially after sexual intercourse and when squatting and straining to defecate.

3. Cause female infertility. If cervical cysts are not treated, they can gradually grow larger and block the cervical opening or the cyst happens to block the cervical exit, which can narrow the cervical opening or deform the cervical canal, thereby hindering the normal rise of sperm and affecting pregnancy.

4. Affect the sexual life of couples. Cervical cysts often lead to symptoms such as bleeding during sexual intercourse and bloody leucorrhea, which cause negative emotions such as anxiety and irritability to patients, followed by sexual pain, sexual coldness, and sexual aversion, which directly lead to sexual disharmony between couples.

5. There is a risk of disease. The lesion rate of cervical cysts is also between 0.2% and 0.4%. For women over 45 years old, especially those suffering from cervical cysts around menopause, the cysts should be sent for pathological examination after surgical removal. If there are signs of deterioration, treatment measures should be taken as soon as possible. Even if the cyst is removed, if the inflammation still exists, it will recur after the cyst is removed.

6. Uterine polyps are usually associated with cervical inflammation. If only the cyst is removed, the inflammation of the cervix has not been eliminated and the pathogens are still lurking in the cervical tissue, so an outbreak may still occur. Therefore, after treating cervical cysts, cervical inflammation should also be treated to prevent the occurrence of cysts.