Post Date November, 16 2024
Cervical cancer is a serious disease that we are familiar with. Women must be treated immediately after getting sick, especially when paying attention to the symptoms of cervical cancer.
Menstrual symptoms of cervical cancer
Generally speaking, the incidence rate of cervical cancer in women before the age of 20 is very low, and many patients are in the stage of 40 to 60 years old. In recent years, the age group of onset has gradually become younger, similar to young people. Especially for people aged 20 to 29, this age group is on the rise.
Cervical cancer patients undergo menstruation, but abnormal bleeding symptoms must be distinguished. Attention to menstruation can detect cervical cancer in advance. Early patients with cervical cancer do not have conscious symptoms, and the following clinical manifestations can occur when they continue to develop.
1. The first symptom that occurs is often contact bleeding. Just like bleeding during sexual intercourse, bleeding during gynecological examination or irregular bleeding after amenorrhea.
2. As the tumor further develops, cancer tissue can invade the pelvic wall, causing severe pain in the waist, legs, and lower abdomen. The lump compresses lymph and blood vessels, causing severe swelling in the lower limbs. The lump invades the rectum, bladder, defecation, difficulty urinating, blood in urine, and stool.
Symptoms of cervical cancer
1. Vaginal discharge: The patient's vaginal discharge is increased, white or bloody, with a fishy odor. In the late stage, due to damage to cancer tissue, infection, etc., there will be many purulent and rice soup like foul smelling vaginal discharge
2. Frequent urination, urgency of urination: When the lesion affects the pelvic connective tissue, pelvic wall, compresses the ureter or rectum, sciatica, frequent urination, urgency of urination, anal distension, constipation, severe internal urgency, lower limb swelling, etc. In severe cases, ureteral obstruction, hydronephrosis, and ultimately uremia can occur. The early symptoms of these cervical cancers are relatively common.
3. Vaginal bleeding: Young patients often come into contact with bleeding during sexual activity, gynecological examinations, and post defecation bleeding. The amount of bleeding is generally determined by the size of the lesion and the invasion of interstitial blood vessels. The amount of bleeding in the early stage is small, while in the late stage, there is a large amount of bleeding in the lesion, which may cause fatal bleeding due to erosion of large blood vessels. This is also an early symptom of cervical cancer.
4. Symptoms of terminal cervical cancer: Secondary symptoms appear based on the extent of lesion invasion. When the lesion affects the pelvic connective tissue, pelvic wall, compression of the ureter or rectum, and sciatic nerve, it often leads to frequent urination, urgency, anal fall, constipation, urgency, weight loss, and lower limb swelling and pain. In severe cases, it can lead to ureteral obstruction, hydronephrosis, and ultimately uremia. In the late stage of the disease, patients may experience symptoms such as anemia, weight loss, fever, and systemic failure, all of which are symptoms of cervical cancer.
