What to do if you have bleeding during sex

The phenomenon of bleeding during sex is very common. Many couples will experience bleeding during sex, which will have a great impact on the lives of the couple. Everyone should understand the cause of this phenomenon. It is generally caused by some gynecological diseases. As for what to do about bleeding during sex, everyone should learn more and take timely treatment measures to avoid some harm.

Some people must have experienced bleeding during sexual intercourse. Does it have a big impact? It will affect the quality of your sex life. The most important thing is that it means there is a problem with your body. You should be able to check it in time and understand what to do if there is bleeding during sexual intercourse.

1. Cervicitis

In the census, the disease has a nearly 50% chance of occurring, especially among people with a history of childbirth or abortion. This disease is commonly known as "cervical erosion". This name is too malicious and provocative, and is often misunderstood as uterine decay and suppuration, which is very scary. Except for the simple type which does not require bacterial infection, other types may be infected with bacteria, fungi, viruses, chlamydia, etc.

The disease can take the form of various "erosion" surfaces of mild (grade I), moderate (grade II), and severe (grade III), and may cause polyps (which are most likely to bleed), cervical hypertrophy, ectropion, old cervical fissures, Nash cysts (cervical gland cysts), etc.

The cervix is ​​the part that the penis repeatedly hits and rubs during sexual intercourse, which not only promotes the occurrence and development of cervicitis, but is also the most common cause of small amounts of bleeding after sexual intercourse. In medicine, it is called contact bleeding. Contact bleeding, including bleeding after gynecological examination, is most likely caused by cervical cancer (commonly known as inverted bleeding), but the most common cause is cervical erosion, because the incidence of cervical cancer is about one in a thousand, while that of cervicitis is close to one in three.

Although cervicitis is not cancer, it is a breeding ground for cervical cancer, and the causal relationship between the two is very close. A survey of 190,000 people in Nanjing found that people with cervicitis are more likely to develop cervical cancer, and the more severe the cervicitis, the greater the chance of cervical cancer. The specific results are shown in the table below:

For severe cervicitis (grade III), there is 1 cervical cancer patient among less than 200 women.

Therefore, there are two things that patients with chronic cervicitis must do and do well: one is to check whether it has already become cancerous, and the other is to completely cure it before it becomes cancerous.

Let’s talk about cancer screening first. Early cervical cancer and cervicitis cannot be distinguished by naked eyes or bare hands, and laboratory tests are necessary to diagnose cervical cancer at an early stage. There are two main types of tests, cytology and pathology. The advantage of cytological examination is its high sensitivity, which means it will not miss any cancer, but its disadvantage is that it is too sensitive, and often results in "false positives" and false "crying wolf" that can cause panic.

The advantage of pathological examination is “no evidence, no suspicion” and “if it reports cancer, it really is cancer”, but the disadvantage is that it often misses the target and a report of “all is well” may be a “false negative”. Therefore, the census should first conduct a cytological examination to identify the "suspects". At this time, it is better to arrest three thousand people by mistake than to miss one. Then use pathological examination to carefully identify and differentiate which one is the real cervical cancer. Only pathology is qualified to diagnose cervical cancer.

Pathology, also known as biopsy, is the process of making the "flesh (tissue)" into extremely thin slices and examining them under a microscope after staining. Cytological examination is to use the paw to make a cell scraping from the surface of the cervix. The new technology uses a thin-layer liquid-based method and computed tomography, which increases the positive rate. Biopsy has a lot of false negatives. Even if four or five pieces of tissue are taken, there will sometimes be some that "slip through the net". Some people are superstitious about biopsy and use it as the first choice for cancer diagnosis, which is really unwise.

If conditions permit, it is very wise for every woman, regardless of whether she has cervicitis or not, to have a cervical smear cytology test once a year. Early cervical cancer is 100% curable. Don't take Anita Mui's regret medicine. If the conditions are poor, doing it at least once every three years can solve a large part of the problem. In the past, people said that only people over 35 should do it, but now I think it should be done around 30 years old.

What should you do if bleeding occurs during sexual intercourse? You should check the causes of bleeding during sexual intercourse in time. Common ones include cervicitis, cervical erosion, and other gynecological diseases. You must seek treatment in time and do not think that the situation is not serious. Such a phenomenon in the long term will not only affect the relationship between the couple, but also cause some harm to the body.