Can bloody vaginal discharge affect a woman's ability to conceive?
Vaginal discharge is the small amount of odorless, white sticky secretion that flows out from a woman’s vagina. The normalcy of vaginal discharge usually represents the health of a woman’s body. So, what does it mean when a woman has blood in her vaginal discharge? Will bloody vaginal discharge affect a woman's ability to conceive?
Gynecological experts explain: In general, bloody vaginal discharge is often a sign of cervical disease. Common cervical diseases that can cause bloody vaginal discharge include: cervical erosion (cervical ectropion), cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, and malignant tumors, among which cervical erosion is the most common. Women who experience bloody vaginal discharge should take it seriously and go to a regular hospital for examination and treatment as soon as possible.
So, will cervical erosion affect a woman's ability to conceive?
Experts explain: Cervical erosion is divided into mild, moderate, and severe degrees. Especially in cases of moderate to severe erosion, there are clinical symptoms of abnormal vaginal discharge, and contact bleeding may occur, leading to bloody vaginal discharge, causing concern and fear among women.
In women with cervical erosion, especially those with moderate to severe cervical erosion, cervical secretions increase significantly, becoming thick in texture and containing large amounts of white blood cells, which can engulf sperm and have an adverse effect on sperm motility, preventing sperm from entering the uterine cavity and affecting conception. Additionally, the inflammatory environment not only reduces sperm vitality but also causes white blood cells in inflammatory secretions to engulf sperm, leading to infertility.
Experts warn: Women with cervical erosion have a cervical cancer incidence rate nearly ten times higher than the general population. Under long-term chronic inflammation stimulation, columnar epithelium proliferating from the cervical canal may undergo atypical hyperplasia. If not treated correctly and promptly, it will gradually develop towards precancerous lesions of cervical cancer. Since cervical erosion is often accompanied by HPV infection, it is one of the suspected signals that can lead to cervical cancer. Therefore, women with cervical erosion should seek treatment early.
This article is excerpted from: Changchun Gynecology Hospital Official Website. Original address: http://www.tjfk999.com/baidaiyichang/201105242515.html For more information about gynecological diseases, please visit the official website of Changchun Gynecology Hospital.