The polyp of the cervical canal is a tumor-like benign or malignant formation that occurs from the canal of the cervical mucosa and grows into the lumen of the cervical canal. It can be either single or multiple. Independently, the polyps of the cervical canal practically do not represent a danger. However, you should always be alert, in time to undergo examinations and remember that without competent treatment the polyp will be a constant focus of infections that are transmitted sexually, the main cause of intermenstrual bleeding, and sometimes the basis for infertility. An even more terrible and deplorable consequence of this disease can be its development into malignant formation, which can occur quite unexpectedly and at any time. And, you see, curing a cancer is much more difficult and dangerous than removing a polyp. Therefore, timely diagnosis and surgical resolution of the problem is very important for maintaining women's health. Let's take a closer look at the causes of the polyp in the cervical canal and its treatment.
Causes of polyp in the cervical canal
Most often cervical polyps of the cervix are detected in women from 40 to 50 years old, having several children, as well as during pregnancy.
Factors that provoke the formation of polyps of this type can serve as previous injuries of the cervix, for example, during abortions, childbirth or in hysteroscopy and diagnostic curettage. A favorable background can also be chronic inflammation of the mucous membrane of the cervical canal. There are several main causes of polyps in the cervical canal. These include:
- common hormonal disorders;
- increased level of estrogens - there is an excessive growth of glandular epithelium, of which the uterus and the cervical canal are composed;
- immune disorders;
- chronic infections of internal genital organs.
Depending on the cellular composition, there are several subspecies of the cervical canal polyps:
- Fibrous polyp of the cervical canal - consists of a tight connective tissue;
- glandular polyp of the cervical canal - soft, elastic, consisting of glandular tissue;
- Fibrous-fibrous polyp - contains the same amount of both connective and glandular tissue.
The most unfavorable are, of course, the last 2 types, since they are most often transformed into a cancer tumor.
Treatment of polyp of the cervical canal
An effective method of treating polyps of the cervical canal of the cervix is, undoubtedly, surgical. It consists in the removal of education and is considered a small gynecological operation, carried out under stationary conditions. In some cases, small polyps, fixed with a mucous thin leg, removed by outpatient - simple unscrewing. Then, the polyp bed must be treated, to prevent re-emergence or complications. To do this, the place from which the polyp has grown, is acutely cauterized with a laser, chemical means or an electrocoagulant. After the removal of the tumor, the gynecologist appoints the woman first anti-inflammatory therapy and prescribes antibacterial drugs. The extracted material is sent immediately to the laboratory for a special study to establish the goodness of the polyp. Depending on the results obtained, the patient is assigned the necessary hormonal therapy in her case.