Contents:
- Medical Video: What Is Cervicitis ?
- Cervicitis, contagious or not?
- What if cervical inflammation is not treated?
Medical Video: What Is Cervicitis ?
The cervix or cervix is an important female organ that connects the vagina and uterus. There are several health problems that can attack the cervix. One of them is cervicitis. Cervicitis is a cervical inflammatory disease that can affect women. So, how dangerous is this disease for women? Find out the answers in the following review.
Cervicitis, contagious or not?
Cervicitis is a condition of inflammation, irritation, or injury to the cervix which causes swelling, mucus, and festering or bleeding. This condition can be contagious or not, depending on the cause. Usually, the causes of cervicitis are as follows:
- Irritation due to the use of tampons
- Using contraceptives (diaphragm, intrauterine cord, etc.)
- Allergic chemicals, such as spermicides or latex rubber in condoms
- Have a tumor
- Experiencing systemic inflammation (bacterial imbalance) due to bacteria
- Is doing radiation therapy for cancer treatment
All causes of cervical inflammation usually do not cause this disease to spread.
Whereas if the cause is sexually transmitted sexually transmitted diseases, such as chlamydia, gonorrhea, or herpes simplex virus, then the possibility of transmitting through sex can occur.
Many women with cervicitis have no symptoms and this condition can be found after a medical examination or test. However, some common symptoms of cervicitis are:
- Leucorrhoea that is yellow or grayish
- bleeding during sex
- pain during sex
- difficult urination and pain
- pelvic or abdominal pain accompanied by fever
If you feel the symptoms that have been mentioned, you should check the doctor. Because many other conditions or diseases also cause these symptoms. Check your doctor, help you get the right diagnosis and treatment.
What if cervical inflammation is not treated?
Inflammation that occurs in the cervix if left untreated can spread outside the cervix and fallopian tubes and eventually cause complications. But the complications that occur also depend on the cause. Usually it will have a negative effect on the function of the reproductive system.
Gonorrhea and chlamydial infections which are usually diagnosed together with cervicitis, if left untreated will cause pelvic inflammatory disease. This condition can cause interference with fertility, chronic pelvic pain, or ectopic pregnancy. Other possibilities are miscarriage, premature rupture of the membranes, and premature pregnancy if the infection occurs during pregnancy.
Condition others that may occur include spontaneous abortion, premature rupture of membranes, and preterm birth if the infection is present during pregnancy. Meanwhile, infections due to untreated herpes simplex virus will cause blindness, low birth weight babies, babies born dead, meningitis, mental retardation (decreased infant intelligence) or death.
Actually, any disease that occurs is not just inflammation of the cervix if left untreated it can get worse. Therefore, it is important to apply cleanliness especially to your intimate organs.
Because if there is interference with these organs, it can affect your fertility later. Especially for women, who have to take care of the health of vital organs in the reproductive system to support the health of children born later.
