Can cervical cancer cause cervical erosion? What are the common treatments for cervical cancer?

Cervical cancer is the only cause of gynecological malignancies, which is related to persistent infection with human papillomaviruses (HpV) in high-risk groups. HPV is a double-stranded DNA virus with a spherical shell and a diameter of 55nm. It mainly infects the epithelium of the skin and mucous membranes, causing different lesions. More than 200 types of HPV have been identified, and at least 30 are related to genital mucosal infections. What is the cause of cervical cancer? Many patients want to know. Let's take a brief look.

There are four common causes of cervical cancer:

1. Cervical erosion

Due to the physiology and anatomy of the cervix, it is easily irritated by a variety of physical, chemical, and biological factors, including trauma, hormones, and viruses.

2. Premature birth or multiple births

Premature birth or multiple deliveries, premature vaginal delivery, early sexual life, immature sexual organs are vulnerable to various harmful factors, frequent childbirth or multiple abortions, and have similar destructive effects. The accumulation of damage over the years may become the cause of cervical cancer.

3. Relationship with sex life and marriage

Premature sexual activity refers to women who have sexual intercourse before the age of 18. The incidence of cervical cancer is four times that of women who have sexual intercourse after the age of 18. This is also the cause of cervical cancer. If women have early sexual intercourse and suffer from sexually transmitted diseases such as syphilis and gonorrhea, the incidence of cervical cancer is six times that of normal women.

Relationship with spouse

Some people believe that if the husband has a long foreskin or phimosis, his wife has a relatively high chance of developing cervical cancer. If the husband has penile cancer or prostate cancer or his ex-wife has cervical cancer, or if the man has multiple sexual partners, his wife is more likely to develop cervical cancer.

Common treatments for cervical cancer

Cervical cancer treatment 1: Radiation therapy

Radiotherapy for cervical cancer can also be divided into: intracavitary radiotherapy and external radiotherapy. Intracavitary radiotherapy refers to close-range radiotherapy with a closed radioactive source. Its characteristics are short treatment distance and large gradient of dose drop around the radioactive source. Therefore, the tumor receives a high dose locally, reducing the dose to surrounding tissues.

Cervical cancer treatment 2: Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy refers to systemic treatment suitable for treating advanced cases. In the past, chemotherapy was considered to be unsatisfactory in the treatment of cervical cancer, with a low remission rate and a short remission period. For patients in the advanced stage, it can only relieve pain and prolong life. In recent years, with the continuous emergence of new anticancer drugs, improved routes of administration and the combined use of various drugs, chemotherapy has become an effective adjuvant therapy for the treatment of cervical cancer. It can be used for advanced cases, surgery and radiotherapy, and can also be used to treat recurrent cancer.

Pay attention to complications after cervical cancer surgery

1. Uretero-vaginal fistula and vesico-vaginal fistula. These are complications of cervical cancer patients who choose surgical treatment, and usually occur within one to two weeks after surgery. They can be identified by injecting blue liquid into the bladder. Clinically, for cervical cancer patients with ureteral and bladder damage, during the nursing process, attention should be paid to keeping the ureter and pelvic floor drainage unobstructed, and the drainage volume and nature should be observed at any time to prevent the occurrence of complications of cervical cancer.

2. Venous thrombosis. Symptoms of lower extremity venous thrombosis are prone to occur after cervical cancer surgery, which is related to factors such as long surgery time, long-term blockage of lower extremity veins, trauma to the vein wall during surgery, and accelerated coagulation mechanism.

3. Bleeding Bleeding is the most common surgical complication for patients with cervical cancer, mainly due to incomplete hemostasis during surgery and secondary infection

4. Urinary retention. Cervical cancer patients undergo extensive total hysterectomy. If the pelvic blood and independent nerve fibers are damaged, cervical cancer patients may experience varying degrees of bladder muscle dysfunction after surgery, leading to urination difficulties, urinary retention, secondary infection, and even pyelitis, ureteral obstruction and ureteral fistula. Urinary retention is one of the most common complications after cervical cancer surgery.

5. Lymph cyst. After hysterectomy and pelvic lymph node cleaning, poor lymphatic drainage can form retroperitoneal lymph cyst. Patients with large cysts have lower abdominal discomfort, ipsilateral lower limb edema, and low back and leg pain.