What is the cause of cervical erosion in unmarried women?

Cervical erosion is a gynecological disease that is common in married women. This condition is mostly caused by not paying attention to personal hygiene and unsafe sexual behavior. It causes great physical harm to women and can easily lead to infertility. In recent years, cervical erosion has become more common among unmarried women, which has brought certain pressure to them and affected their healthy living conditions. What is the situation of cervical erosion in unmarried women? Let’s take a look at the professional answers below.

About 15% to 20% of unmarried women may suffer from congenital cervical erosion. This is because the newborn is affected by the mother's estrogen, causing the junction between the cervical squamous and columnar epithelium to move outward. If this cervical change persists, it becomes congenital cervical erosion, which looks like cervical erosion, but in fact there is no obvious cervical inflammation. Congenital cervical erosion can heal itself due to squamous metaplasia, or it can be secondary to infection and cause cervicitis. As for whether it affects pregnancy, experts say that the texture and secretion amount of cervical mucus are directly related to whether sperm can pass through the cervix and enter the uterine cavity. Under normal circumstances, during ovulation, under the action of estrogen, the cervical mucus has a higher water content and a thinner texture, which is conducive to the passage of sperm. When cervical erosion occurs, especially moderate or severe cervical erosion, cervical secretions will increase significantly, become viscous, and contain a large number of white blood cells, which will have an adverse effect on sperm motility and hinder sperm from entering the uterine cavity, thus affecting conception. Generally speaking, mild cervical erosion will not lead to infertility; but if suffering from moderate or severe cervical erosion and infertility, the patient should actively treat it.

From the above introduction, the phenomenon of cervical erosion in unmarried women is mostly caused by congenital factors. Therefore, it is very necessary for women to check their cervix before marriage, and try to get treatment when the cervical erosion is in mild symptoms, so as to ensure timely recovery from the disease and eliminate unnecessary troubles for women's married life.