What are the early symptoms of cervical cancer?

Maybe many of us are afraid of the problem of tumors. The harm they bring to our bodies is indeed too great, especially cervical tumors. Many female friends now have this problem. When benign tumors turn into malignant tumors, it becomes more difficult to treat. Maybe many people do not have a clear understanding of the early symptoms of cervical tumors. Let us learn about the early symptoms of cervical tumors.

(1) Uterine bleeding: Uterine bleeding is the most common symptom of uterine fibroids. Clinically, it may manifest as menorrhagia, cyclical bleeding, increased menstrual volume, often accompanied by prolonged menstruation. This type of bleeding is the most common; frequent menstruation, shortened menstrual cycle, increased menstrual volume; irregular bleeding, loss of normal periodicity, long duration, sometimes more, sometimes less, and continuous bleeding, which is more common in submucosal myomas. Uterine bleeding is most common with submucosal fibroids and intermuscular fibroids, while subserosal fibroids rarely cause uterine bleeding. According to literature reports, the incidence of uterine bleeding in submucosal fibroids, intermuscular fibroids and subserosal fibroids is 89.5%-100%, 74%-77.7% and 33.3%-36%, respectively.

In addition, clinically, we have also seen some patients whose intramuscular fibroids are not large, and the endometrial pathology report of curettage is secretory endometrium, but there are bleeding symptoms, or some patients with subserosal uterine fibroids also have uterine bleeding symptoms. These are difficult to explain by enlarged endometrial area, poor uterine contractions, or dysfunctional uterine bleeding, and the increasingly important concept of congestion and dilation of the endometrial venous plexus is quite convincing in this regard.

(2) Abdominal mass: The uterus is located deep in the pelvic cavity, and no mass can be felt in the abdomen when the fibroids first develop. When uterine fibroids gradually increase in size, causing the uterus to exceed the size of a 3-month pregnancy, or when subserosal fibroids located at the bottom of the uterus are easier to touch from the abdomen. The lump is located in the middle of the lower abdomen, is solid, movable but not very mobile, non-tender, and grows slowly. If the patient's abdominal wall is thick, the uterus is enlarged, or it extends beyond the pelvic cavity and even reaches the size of a 4-5 month pregnancy, it is still difficult for the patient to discover it herself. Therefore, few patients with uterine fibroids seek medical treatment due to abdominal masses. A huge submucosal fibroid may prolapse outside the vagina, and the patient may seek medical attention due to a prolapsed mass on the vulva. Tumors are often accompanied by infection and necrosis, and such patients are rarely seen in recent years.

(3) Vaginal discharge: Uterine submucosal fibroids or cervical submucosal fibroids can cause increased vaginal discharge. Once the tumor is infected, there may be a large amount of purulent leucorrhea. If there is ulceration, necrosis, and bleeding, there may be bloody or purulent vaginal discharge with a foul odor.

The above content introduces us to the early symptoms of cervical tumors. We can all compare the above content to see if we have similar situations. When similar situations occur, we must discover them as early as possible. Before benign tumors become malignant tumors, effective methods can be taken to treat them faster. I hope the above introduction can be helpful to everyone.