What is the treatment for cervicitis?

Cervicitis is one of the common gynecological diseases, which is more common in women of childbearing age. It is caused by damage to the cervix and invasion of pathogens, including inflammation of the cervicovaginal part and inflammation of the endocervical mucosa. Clinically, cervicitis is divided into acute and chronic, with chronic inflammation being more common. Acute cervicitis is mainly manifested by redness and swelling of the cervix and edema of the endocervical mucosa, often accompanied by acute vaginitis or acute endometritis. Chronic cervicitis has a variety of manifestations such as erosive changes, cervical columnar epithelial ectopia, cervical hypertrophy, cervical polyps, cervical glandular cysts, and cervical ectropion.

There are three main treatments for cervicitis:

1. Drug treatment: Acute cervicitis is mainly treated with antibiotics, mainly targeting pathogens. Antibiotic treatment is selected for pathogens. Since Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection is often accompanied by chlamydia infection, if it is gonococcal cervicitis, in addition to the use of anti-Neisseria gonorrhoeae drugs, anti-chlamydia drugs are also used during treatment. Chlamydia infection: Commonly used drugs include tetracyclines, erythromycins and quinolones.

2. Physical therapy: Physical therapy includes electric ironing, freezing, laser, infrared, etc. It is suitable for those with large erosion area and deep inflammation. Generally, it can be cured after a few treatments, but it is easy to relapse.

3. Surgical treatment: For patients with deep and wide erosion or those involving the cervical canal, cervical cone resection can be considered. Due to the high bleeding caused by traditional cervical cone resection, it is rarely used now. High-frequency radio-wave knife Leep knife surgery is now more commonly used.

The above treatment methods are for reference only, and the specific situation needs to be determined based on the doctor's professional diagnosis. At the same time, maintaining good living habits and hygiene habits can also help prevent and relieve the symptoms of cervicitis.