Bleeding during intercourse after menopause, beware of cervical cancer!

Menstruation is a normal physiological phenomenon for women. It usually accompanies women for nearly 30 years. Women may experience menopause at around the age of 50. This is also a normal phenomenon. However, some women will still experience symptoms of vaginal bleeding during sexual intercourse after menopause. Why does this happen?

1. Bleeding after sex may alert you to cervical cancer

Bleeding after sex may also occur in menopausal women, which is often a sign of cervical cancer. There are also women who suddenly have their periods after menopause even if they do not have sexual intercourse. In fact, this may be an early sign of a tumor, so you should be highly vigilant. Early symptoms of cervical cancer include:

1. Many cervical cancer patients have various conditions and degrees of increased leucorrhea, which is thin, watery or rice water-like, and has a fishy smell. This is a common early symptom of cervical cancer.

2. Vaginal bleeding, which is also the main early symptom of cervical cancer. Most cervical cancer patients have irregular vaginal bleeding symptoms, especially contact bleeding and postmenopausal vaginal bleeding are the main symptoms of cervical cancer patients.

3. Patients with systemic symptoms in the late stage of cervical cancer often have clinical manifestations such as weight loss, anemia, fever, systemic exhaustion, cachexia, etc. in addition to secondary systemic symptoms such as uremia.

4. Symptoms of cervical cancer metastasis include lymph node metastasis, lung metastasis, liver metastasis and bone metastasis, which often cause corresponding symptoms.

2. Early diagnosis methods of cervical cancer

1. Cytological examination. Whenever there is a suspicious case such as cervical contact bleeding or severe erosion that has not been cured for a long time, a cervical scrape should be performed to check for tumor cells. If cancer cells or nuclear heterogeneous cells are found, a cervical biopsy should be performed further. This method is often used for screening cervical biopsy during cervical cancer screening.

2. Iodine test. Sampling in the unstained area can improve accuracy. Sampling should include the junction of the cervical squamous and columnar epithelium and it is best to perform four-point biopsy at 36912 points to prevent missed diagnosis.

3. Colposcopy. The colposcope can magnify the cervix 16 to 40 times, so that changes in the cervical epithelium can be observed more carefully and the junction of the squamous and columnar epithelium can be seen. Biopsy under the guidance of the colposcope can improve accuracy. When the squamous and columnar junction cannot be seen, endocervical canal scraping should be performed and the scrapings sent for pathological examination.

4. Cervical cone biopsy. Before performing a conization of the cervix, a colposcopy should be performed to determine the site of the lesion and an iodine test may also be performed. Serial pathological sections should be made on the removed specimen to exclude invasive cancer.