Cervicitis

MRCPI

Gynecological infections and inflammations are serious threats for women they
need special care in order to avoid future diseases to be get hosted. In most cases
they are dangerous for women only not for men but in some infections it is
necessary for your partner to be get treated too, so that you dont get re-infected
with it.
Gynecological infections have been classified into following categories:

Vulvatis

Vaginitis

Cervicitis

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)

In our previous blogs, weve made detail discussion on vulvatis, vaginitis and its
types. Now its time to discuss in detail what cervicitis is. The reason to why were

discussing them in separate sessions is that sometimes it is confused with vaginitis.

In order to remove confusion we discuss in detail each type in separate session. It
is to be noted that not only people suffering from these conditions are reading this
blog but also the students of MRCOG, who are reading this to gain information
about their modules.
Cervicitis
A number of different organisms caused irritation in cervix and that infection is
known as Cervicitis. It is often termed as either delicate, meaning the beginning of
symptoms is chronic and severe, which last over a time period of months or in
some cases longer than that.
Usually cervicitis is caused by some types of vaginitis like gonorrhea, Chlamydia
or herpes; which are transmitted via intercourse and that is the main reason why it
is generally confused with vaginitis.
Symptoms of Cervicitis

The symptoms to cervicitis differ from person to person. Although, more common
symptoms to cervicitis are following:

Purulent discharge (containing pus)

Pelvic pain

Bleeding between periods or after sexual intercourse

Urinary problems

Why cervix is often confused with vagina? Because the infections from vagina are
often passed to the cervix, when an infection is passed in there the tissues of cervix
start making aching and get inflamed.
The early signs to which can be vaginal discharge and when the cervical erosions
start to aggravate, cervical ulceration may extend.
In some cases, cervicitis symptoms may indicate other problems too, that is why it
is necessary to have medical consultation from a good Gynecologist.
Diagnosis of Cervicitis
Following are the procedures for cervicitis:

Pap test- Cells are collected from cervicitis, which are examined via
microscopic level in order to detect diseases that either they are cancerous or noncancerous.

Biopsy- A process in which samples of tissue are detached from the body of
examination under the observation of microscopic level to know if it is cancer or
another abnormal cells are there.

Culture of cervical discharge

Treatment of Cervicitis

Following are the treatment to cervicitis that is determined with the help of your
Gynecologist, upon looking certain points of your anatomy:

Your age, overall health, and medical history

Extent of the disease

Type and severity of the symptoms

Your tolerance for specific medications, procedures, or therapies

Expectations for the course of the disease

Your opinion or preference

Treatment may involve antibiotics and sometimes treatment of your partner too.
For MRCOG students, you can have detail discussion on each MRCOG
module from BeMRCOG that is especially designed by Dr. Asma Naqi to help
MRCOG candidates. Via this online course she demonstrates lectures that can be
audio/video. For more information, please visit www.bemrcog.com