What are the symptoms of cervical cancer?

Cervical cancer is a common cancer that can cause great harm to women's bodies. If it can be detected and treated early, it will have good results. Then everyone should learn about the symptoms of cervical cancer.

Symptoms of cervical cancer Early symptoms of cervical cancer often have no obvious manifestations and signs. Patients with endocervical cancer are prone to missed diagnosis or misdiagnosis because of the normal appearance of the cervix. As the disease progresses, patients may experience the following symptoms:

1. Vaginal bleeding: It often manifests as contact bleeding, that is, vaginal bleeding after sexual intercourse or gynecological examination. It may also manifest as irregular vaginal bleeding, or prolonged and increased menstrual flow. The amount of bleeding varies depending on the size of the lesion and the extent of invasion of the interstitial blood vessels. If large blood vessels are eroded, massive bleeding may occur. Generally, exophytic cancers bleed earlier and in larger amounts, while endophytic cancers bleed later.

2. Vaginal discharge: Most patients have vaginal discharge that is white or bloody, thin, sleepy or rice-water-like, and has a fishy odor. Patients in the late stage may have a large amount of rice-water or purulent and foul-smelling leucorrhea due to necrosis of cancer tissue and infection.

3. Late symptoms: Different secondary symptoms appear 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.