Cervical cancer is a serious disease and one of the diseases that we should pay attention to. After abnormal manifestations occur, we must undergo reasonable examinations, detect and treat it as soon as possible.
Can cervical scraping detect cervical cancer
Cervical scraping is currently the simplest and most effective diagnostic method for widely examining cervical cancer. Women who have had sexual activity for more than 3 years or over the age of 21 should be regularly screened for cervical cancer. Women who have a history of early marriage, premature birth, miscarriage, sexually transmitted diseases, or multiple sexual partners are at high risk of cervical cancer.
Cervical scraping examination can reduce the mortality rate of cervical cancer by at least 70%. By using a simple cervical smear, small early changes in cervical cells can be detected, and deadly cancers can be sniped before they actually occur. Cervical scraping is currently the simplest and most effective diagnostic method for widely examining cervical cancer.
Symptoms of cervical cancer
1. Excessive menstruation and bleeding during menstruation: Excessive bleeding during menstruation, especially in submucosal uterine tumors.
2. Pain: Generally, pain is only a faint pain, unless the uterus itself expels submucosal uterine fibroids, otherwise the uterus contracts.
3. Symptoms of compression: Uterine fibroids can compress the bladder, ureter, blood vessels, nerves, and intestines, resulting in various operations that affect these organs.
4. Infertility: Uterine fibroids affect the structure of the uterine cavity and endometrial operation, making it difficult to implant. However, there are also patients with uterine fibroids who can conceive and give birth normally.
cervical cancer screening
1. Cervical cytology examination: It is a basic method for early cervical cancer screening and a necessary step for diagnosis. Compared with high-risk HPV examination, cytology examination has high specificity but low sensitivity. Screening should start 3 years after sexual activity or after the age of 21, and regular follow-up should be conducted.
2. High risk HPV DNA detection: Compared to cytological examination, it has higher sensitivity and lower specificity. It can be combined with cytological examination for cervical cancer screening. It can also be used for the diversion of cytological abnormalities. When the cytology is atypical squamous cells (ASCUS) with unknown significance, high-risk HPV DNA testing is performed. Positive cases undergo colposcopy, while negative cases undergo cytological examination 12 months later.
3. Colposcopy examination: If the cytological examination shows atypical squamous cells (ASCUS) and high-risk HPV DNA test is positive, or if low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions or above, a colposcopy examination should be performed.