Can vaginal ultrasound show cervical erosion?

Vaginal ultrasound is very effective in diagnosing many gynecological diseases, especially diseases within the uterine cavity. Some women suffer from cervical erosion during pregnancy, but they are not sure whether cervical erosion can be seen through vaginal ultrasound. In fact, cervical erosion was considered a gynecological disease in the past, but this view has been corrected now. It is a normal physiological phenomenon. If you are worried about suffering from this disease, it is completely unnecessary. Next, let’s take a look at the situation of cervical erosion.

Cervical erosion was once a disease that troubled many women. If you go for a physical examination, you will almost certainly be diagnosed with cervical erosion. In 2008, the 7th edition of the undergraduate textbook "Obstetrics and Gynecology" cancelled the disease name "cervical erosion" and replaced it with the physiological phenomenon of "cervical columnar epithelium ectopia". Cervical erosion, after all, is actually a misunderstanding of a normal manifestation of the cervix in the past.

In the past medical textbooks, there was a so-called graded diagnosis of cervical erosion, which was called mild, moderate and severe. It was believed that the size of the range was the severity of the inflammation. An area less than 1/3 was mild, 1/3-2/3 was moderate, and more than 2/3 was severe. If you understand the true mechanism of the so-called "cervical erosion" mentioned above, it is easy to understand that it is actually the different degrees of eversion of the columnar epithelium after the influence of estrogen, which is a normal physiological phenomenon.

Clinical manifestations

Cervical columnar epithelium ectopia is a normal physiological phenomenon and has no special clinical manifestations. Some people may experience contact bleeding, but this is just an individual difference in the cervix, just like some people will bleed from their teeth or mouth when they chew something hard.

If the amount of vaginal discharge increases, becomes yellow, and has an odor, it is a sign of cervical inflammation. The cyst and hypertrophy of the cervix are also the result of chronic cervical inflammation.

treat

Cervical columnar epithelium ectopia does not require any treatment, and many current methods of treating cervical erosion are wrong. But for symptomatic cervicitis, treatment is needed. Acute inflammation is treated with suppositories, while chronic inflammation can be treated with physical therapy such as laser or freezing.