What causes the cervix to harden?

Women are particularly prone to gynecological diseases of the cervix, the most common of which may be cervicitis. If women's cervicitis has not been treated, it is likely to cause cervical erosion or cervical cancer, which will not only affect women's normal menstruation, but also affect women's sexual life. Severe patients often feel abdominal pain. So what is the reason for the hardening of the cervix?

Cervical erosion is no longer called a disease, but a physiological phenomenon. It is caused by the displacement of the junction of squamous and columnar cells. Generally, no treatment is required. However, some erosions are early manifestations of cervical lesions. For moderate to severe erosions, regular cervical scans are required to exclude cervical lesions. The texture of the cervix is ​​generally soft. Some cervical inflammation or other changes may cause the cervix to become hard. It is recommended that you perform routine cervical scans every year. If there is no abnormality in the cytological examination, no treatment is required for the time being. If the range of cervical erosion is relatively wide, cervical laser or microwave treatment can also be considered. Currently, there are few types of drugs that can be used, and the effect of the drugs is uncertain.

If you want to have an IUD inserted, you should do it within seven days after your next menstrual period, because the cervix is ​​relaxed at this time. Inserting an IUD at other times requires dilation of the uterus, which is more painful for the patient.

If it is cervical sclerosis, it is usually caused by long-term chronic cervicitis. A common disease is cervical hypertrophy. Mild cases generally do not require any treatment. If the hypertrophy is severe, cervical conization can be performed for treatment.

The causes of cervical hypertrophy are: due to the long-term stimulation of chronic inflammation, the cervical tissue becomes congested and edematous, the cervical glands and stroma proliferate, and the glandular ducts are squeezed by the surrounding proliferative tissue, making it difficult for the mucus produced by the glands to be discharged, forming retention cysts. The more superficial glandular cysts protrude to the surface of the cervix and are easy to observe, while the deep glandular cysts often cause the cervix to become thicker and larger to varying degrees, which is generally referred to as cervical hypertrophy. Deep glandular cysts are difficult to detect with the naked eye, but B-ultrasound examination can reveal round, liquid dark areas of varying sizes between the cervical muscle walls. The surface of the enlarged cervix may also experience erosion due to injury or inflammatory stimulation, such as shedding of squamous epithelium and hyperplasia of columnar epithelium. After the inflammation is treated, the local congestion and edema of the cervix subsides, and the surface of the cervix is ​​covered with squamous epithelium again and returns to its smooth state. However, the hyperplastic connective tissue does not subside and still exists, so the cervix still maintains its hypertrophic appearance, sometimes even increasing by 1-2 times or more.