Pictures of cervical cancer

The cervix is ​​the gateway to the female urinary system. Once bacteria invade, the first part to be injured is the cervix, so the cervix often becomes inflamed. If cervical inflammation is not treated in time, it may develop into cervical cancer. The early symptoms of cervical cancer are not obvious, but in the late stage, symptoms such as bleeding and pain will appear. So, what are the bleeding characteristics of cervical cancer?

Cervical cancer, like all malignant tumors, has a development process. In the early stages of cervical cancer, there may be no bleeding, which is easy to confuse with cervical erosion. Patients may experience irregular bleeding during intercourse or after a gynecological examination. The bleeding is very small and will subside after a while.

If the early symptoms of cervical cancer are not taken seriously and not treated in time, when it develops to the late stage, bleeding will increase and irregular vaginal bleeding will occur. As the disease expands further and erodes the blood vessels and causes them to rupture, it will cause internal bleeding, which may be fatal if the blood circulation is not activated immediately. If middle-aged and elderly women experience bleeding again after menopause, they should pay full attention and seek medical attention in time, as this phenomenon is likely to be cervical cancer.

What is the difference between cervical cancer bleeding and menstruation?

In fact, most patients with early cervical cancer have no obvious symptoms, or only have symptoms similar to cervicitis, so they are easily misdiagnosed and mistreated. For example, bleeding from cervical cancer can easily be confused with menstrual bleeding.

The most common symptom of early cervical cancer in women is vaginal bleeding, which mostly occurs after sexual intercourse, abdominal exertion, defecation or after a gynecological examination. In the later stages, it may manifest as non-menstrual bleeding similar to irregular menstruation or continuous spotting. The blood bar usually increases from a small amount to a large amount, and even internal bleeding occurs.

Menstruation is a normal physiological phenomenon for women, referring to the fact that every month or so, the uterine wall will undergo an independent thickening, accompanied by blood vessel proliferation and glandular duct metabolism. The woman's uterine wall collapses and falls off, and the regularity of bleeding changes.

Cervical bleeding is easily confused with menstrual bleeding. The key point to distinguish is cervical erosion bleeding, which is common in bleeding or secretion of pink discharge after sexual intercourse, with a small amount and short duration. A woman's menstruation usually lasts 3 to 7 days, with bleeding increasing first and then slowly decreasing until it stops.

In addition to vaginal bleeding, early symptoms of cervical cancer include abnormal increase in leucorrhea, which is sticky and yellowish, and requires the use of menstrual pads. There is bloody leucorrhea or millet soup-like discharge, and when combined with necrotic infection, it is often accompanied by a foul odor.