What are the symptoms of cervicitis in women?

Female patients with early-stage cervicitis often ask what the symptoms of cervicitis are. Many women do not understand the symptoms, which leads to failure to discover the disease in time and delayed treatment. Here we will introduce the symptoms of this disease.

What are the symptoms of cervicitis? The symptoms can be summarized into 4 categories. The detailed introduction is as follows:

(i) Increased vaginal discharge: Sometimes it is the only symptom of chronic cervicitis. It is usually thick mucus or purulent mucus. Sometimes the discharge may contain blood or a small amount of blood, and there may also be contact bleeding. The irritation of vaginal discharge may cause vulvar itching.

(ii) Pain: Pain often occurs in the lower abdomen or lumbosacral region, and sometimes in the upper abdomen, thighs and hip joints. It worsens during menstruation, defecation or sexual intercourse, especially when the inflammation spreads backward along the uterosacral ligament or along the bottom of the broad ligament, forming chronic parauterine connective tissue inflammation. The pain is even worse when the main ligament of the cervix thickens. Whenever the cervix is ​​touched, it immediately causes pain in the iliac fossa and lumbosacral region. Some patients may even feel nausea, which affects their sexual life.

(III) Bladder and intestinal symptoms: Chronic cervicitis can spread through the lymphatic system or directly spread to the bladder trigone or the connective tissue around the bladder. As a result, as soon as there is urine in the bladder, there is an urge to defecate, and symptoms of frequent urination or dysuria appear, but the urine is clear and the urine routine test is normal. In some cases, the inflammation continues to spread or passes through the lymphatic pathways connecting the cervix, the bladder trigone, and the ureter, causing secondary urinary tract infection. The incidence of chronic pyelonephritis in adult women is many times higher than that in men, which may be related to this situation. Intestinal symptoms are less common than bladder symptoms, and some patients feel pain when defecating.

(iv) Other symptoms: such as irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, pelvic heaviness, infertility, etc.

The above is an introduction to the symptoms of cervicitis. If female friends find the above symptoms, they must be vigilant and seek timely examination and treatment to avoid worsening of the disease.