In the early stages of cervical cancer, vaginal bleeding or vaginal discharge may occur

In the early stages of cervical cancer, vaginal bleeding or vaginal discharge may occur, and these symptoms of the patient are very obvious. So how do vaginal bleeding or vaginal discharge specifically manifest? Let the experts show us the early symptoms of cervical cancer .

There are no early symptoms of cervical cancer. As the disease progresses, patients may experience abnormal vaginal bleeding. Since young women are sexually active, their estrogen levels and sexual intercourse frequency are both high, so it is more likely that bleeding during sexual intercourse will be the first symptom. In addition, increased vaginal discharge is also a common symptom of cervical cancer, and about 80% of patients have this early symptom of cervical cancer.

Clinical follow-up observations show that it takes about 10 years for general cervical precancerous lesions to develop into cervical cancer. From this perspective, cervical cancer is not terrible, it is a preventable and curable disease. The key to prevention and treatment is to conduct regular gynecological examinations, detect and treat cervical precancerous lesions in a timely manner, and stop their development into cervical cancer. If prevention and treatment measures can be implemented, the cure rate of cervical cancer is very high.

The early symptoms of cervical cancer are not significantly different from those of chronic cervicitis. Sometimes the cervix may even be smooth, especially in elderly women whose cervix has atrophied. The main symptoms are:

Vaginal bleeding: Young patients often present with contact bleeding, which occurs during sexual intercourse, gynecological examinations, and after defecation. The amount of bleeding can be more or less, generally depending on the size of the lesion and the extent of invasion of the interstitial blood vessels. In the early stage, the amount of bleeding is small, while in the late stage, the larger lesions will present with heavy bleeding, which may cause fatal hemorrhage once the larger blood vessels are eroded. Young patients may also present with prolonged menstruation, shortened cycle, increased menstrual flow, etc. Elderly patients often complain of irregular vaginal bleeding after menopause.

Vaginal discharge: Patients often complain of increased vaginal discharge, which is white or bloody, thin like water or rice soup, and has a fishy smell. In the late stage, due to the rupture of cancerous tissue, tissue necrosis, secondary infection, etc., there is a large amount of purulent or rice soup-like foul-smelling leucorrhea.

The above is an introduction to the early symptoms of cervical cancer. Do you understand it? I hope that if patients find that they have the disease, timely treatment is the most important. Of course, they must face this disease squarely and receive treatment seriously to ensure their health.