The difference between cervical erosion and fungus

Gynecological diseases are the source of pain for many women, because there are many types of gynecological diseases, the treatment time is very long, and the treatment of some diseases requires the cooperation of the spouse, which has a great impact on the patient's life. Both cervical erosion and fungus are gynecological diseases, but many people do not understand the difference between cervical erosion and fungus, which will interfere with the diagnosis of the disease. Let's understand the specific difference~

Cervical erosion is a common disease among women. Data show that its incidence rate can be as high as 40% to 60% among married women with children. Many female friends feel panic when they hear the word erosion. In fact, cervical erosion itself is not an inflammation. It can be divided into pseudoerosion and inflammatory erosion. Pseudoerosion occurs under certain physiological conditions, such as adolescence and pregnancy. Due to the increase in estrogen levels, the columnar epithelium of the cervical canal proliferates and moves outward, and the external os of the cervix appears red and granular, so pseudoerosion does not require treatment. Inflammatory erosion is mostly a chronic inflammation caused by untreated or incompletely treated acute cervicitis. The main symptoms are increased vaginal secretions, which may also be accompanied by lumbar pain. If the leucorrhea is thick and pus-like, it is not conducive to the passage of sperm and will lead to infertility. Therefore, patients with obvious clinical symptoms can be treated with vaginal medication to relieve local inflammation.

1. The difference between cervicitis and cervical erosion

Cervicitis [Clinical manifestations] Increased vaginal discharge. Due to different pathogens, scope and degree of inflammation, the vaginal discharge may be milky white mucous, light yellow purulent, and sometimes bloody or cause bleeding after sexual intercourse. When the inflammation spreads to the pelvic cavity, lower back pain and pain in the lower abdomen may occur. During gynecological examination, it can be seen that the cervix has varying degrees of erosion, hypertrophy, glandular cysts or polyps. Cervical erosion is one of the most common lesions in uterine inflammation. Clinically, it is divided into three degrees according to the size of the cervical erosion area: mild, the erosion area does not exceed 1/3 of the entire cervical area; moderate, the erosion area occupies 1/3-2/3 of the entire cervical area; severe, the erosion area occupies more than 2/3 of the entire cervical area. According to the depth of erosion, it can be divided into three types: simple type, granular type and papillary type. Cervical erosion and early cervical cancer are difficult to distinguish from each other in appearance, and a cervical smear examination and, if necessary, a biopsy are required to confirm the diagnosis.

The main symptom of cervical erosion is increased leucorrhea, which is often purulent. There may be pain in the lower abdomen and lumbosacral area and bladder irritation symptoms; patients with more severe erosion may have varying degrees of pale bloody secretions, typically bloody secretions after sexual intercourse and thick, purulent secretions in the cervix, which are not conducive to the passage of sperm and cause infertility.