What is 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 eversion.

The causative factors of cervicitis are:

1. Pathogen infection: Some sexually transmitted diseases lead to cervical infection and inflammation, such as Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, Mycoplasma genitalium, Trichomonas, etc. The pathogens infected by some patients are not very clear.

2. Unhealthy sexual life: Unhealthy sexual life, such as starting sexual life too early, promiscuous, lack of restraint, and not using condoms during sexual intercourse, greatly increase the incidence of cervicitis.

3. Personal lifestyle factors: Failure to pay attention to the cleanliness of private parts resulting in vaginal flora disorder, allergies to certain substances in the douching agent, and irritation or damage to the cervix caused by the intrauterine contraceptive device may all cause cervicitis.

Cervicitis is a common inflammation of the cervix in women.