Causes of inflammation of the cervix

Cervicitis is an inflammatory process that occurs in the vaginal part of the cervix. At the same time, a woman has turbid mucous or purulent discharge, pulling pains in the lower abdomen, as well as urination and sexual intercourse are painful. If the cervicitis is protracted and chronic, it leads to erosion and thickening, the so-called hypertrophy of the cervix, as well as spreading the infection to the upper parts of the genital organs.

Types of the disease

The vaginal segment of the cervix, that is, that which is visible when viewed by a gynecologist, is called exocervix, and exocervicitis is the inflammatory process of this part of the uterus. The disease manifests a reddening of the mucous membrane, which covers the cervix, and sometimes leads to the appearance of erosion.

Cervical canal is called endocervix, and canal inflammation is called endocervicitis.

Causes of the disease

The main and common causes of inflammation of the cervix uteri are diseases of the sexual sphere of an infectious woman that are transmitted during sexual intercourse. The second option is the weakening of immunity.

Urogenital chlamydia is usually transmitted sexually. The causative agent of this disease is chlamydia. Symptoms of chlamydia in women can be called: transparent or yellowish discharge from the vagina, redness and itching, pain arising during urination, etc. This disease can cause the development of vaginitis, inflammation of the cervix( cervicitis), as well as adnexitis, which as a result can lead toInfertility.

Urogenital mycoplasmosis is a sexually transmitted infection, the causative agent of it is mycoplasma. The main symptoms of the disease coincide with the symptoms of urogenital chlamydia. This disease can also lead to inflammatory processes occurring in the cervix.

Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease that causes the gonorrhea. In women, it can manifest as secretions from the urethra or vagina, pain in the lower abdomen, there may be false urge to urinate. The disease soon leads to inflammatory processes in the cervix and the appearance of symptoms that accompany cervicitis.

Urogenital trichomoniasis is a disease that is transmitted through sexual contact. In women with this disease, there are abundant foamy discharge from the vagina, which have an unpleasant smell, reddening and itching of the genital skin, rubbing during urination, etc. The disease usually leads to exocervicitis or to endocervicitis.

Candidiasis( or otherwise thrush) is a disease caused by fungi of the genus Candida. Symptoms of thrush are: itching, vaginal discharge from the curdled type, pain when urinating. With this disease in the vagina formed alkaline environment, which is the cause of weakening the local protective power of the body, leads to irritation of the vaginal mucosa and cervix and can develop into diseases such as vaginitis or cervicitis.

Bacterial vaginosis is characterized by a decrease in useful lactobacilli in the vagina, and the number of pathogenic bacteria on the contrary grows. Abundant discharge, having an unpleasant smell, itching sensations of the genitals, discomfort during sexual intercourse are the main symptoms of this disease. The environment in the vagina with vaginosis is sharply alkaline, which means it weakens immunity and can cause inflammation in the cervix.

Cervicitis, in addition to the above reasons, can be caused by cervical lesions, which can be obtained during childbirth or abortion. There have been cases of the development of the disease after the use of certain chemicals, for example, spermicide contraceptives.

Chronic cervicitis is an inflammatory process that occurs in the cervix, which lasts for a long time. This inflammation periodically subsides, but if any adverse factors arise, it resumes. Such factors may be hormonal disorders, immunosuppression, various infections.