Uterus is the main female genital organ. It is located in a small pelvis and consists of the cavity, body, neck and bottom of the uterus. The neck goes into the vagina. Inside it there is a canal, called still cervical . Its opening occurs during childbirth to form a single birth canal along with the vagina and the uterus.
The canal of the cervix covers the cylindrical epithelium, which produces mucus. In the mucosa of the cervix, glands secrete a secret resembling thick and viscous mucus with an alkaline reaction. It is this secret and the cervical canal is filled. This is the so-called Kristeller plug, which prevents infection in the neck due to its bactericidal properties.
Pathologies of the cervical canal
Sometimes in the cervical canal can develop various inflammatory processes, which are united by the common name of cervicitis. If the cervical canal is inflamed, then its mucous membrane becomes swollen, and the discharge from it becomes mucopurulent. In the chronic course of the process, clogging of mucus-secreting glands can occur, cysts are formed, which leads to an increase in the size of the cervix itself.
Also, against the background of prolonged inflammations of the cervical canal, broken hormonal background, cancers of the cervical canal appear, which are neoplasms of a benign nature. In the presence of polyps, a procedure that is not very pleasant for a woman can be used, such as scraping the cervical canal (in cases where there are no other ways of treating them), which involves removing the mucous membrane of the cervical canal with a hysteroscope.
Inflammations, abortions, traumatic births, treatment of erosion can lead to such a phenomenon as atresia or infection of the cervical canal. In such situations the cervical channel bougie procedure is used. This process is carried out by introducing a buzha - a special expander with nozzles having different diameters.