Experts explain whether you can get pregnant with cervical erosion

The harm of cervical erosion to women not only affects the health of the cervix, but also has a certain impact on fertility. Women with cervical erosion will be affected in pregnancy, which is also one of the major causes of female infertility.

The diagnosis of cervical disease has a very standardized diagnostic process, namely the three-stage diagnostic process for cervical disease: the first step: cervical cytology and cervical high-risk HPV examination; the second step: colposcopy; the third step: histopathological diagnosis. Before pregnancy, a routine first-step cervical examination (cervical cells and cervical high-risk HPV) should be performed. If both results are normal, there is no need to proceed to the second or third-step examinations. In other words, as long as cervical cancer and cervical precancerous lesions are ruled out, whether or not there is so-called "cervical erosion" will not affect pregnancy.

If there is a problem with the results of the first step (cervical cytology and cervical high-risk HPV testing), we need to go through the second step (colposcopy) and, if necessary, the third step (taking cervical tissue for pathological diagnosis) to make a final diagnosis. If the final diagnosis is chronic cervicitis (manifested as the so-called "cervical erosion"), it will not affect pregnancy and does not require treatment. When the final diagnosis is cervical cancer or cervical precancerous lesions, regardless of whether the surface of the cervix is ​​smooth or the so-called "cervical erosion", pregnancy should be considered after treatment. Most treatment options for cervical cancer include hysterectomy, which means there will be no chance of getting pregnant again; however, treatment of precancerous lesions will not affect pregnancy and the choice of delivery method (vaginal delivery, cesarean section), so we must actively cooperate with doctors to treat precancerous lesions as soon as possible and happily start preparing for pregnancy again.

Finally, we hope that every female friend, whether before or after becoming a mother, will insist on having a cervical examination once a year to keep cervical cancer and precancerous lesions away from us at all times.