According to relevant data, we can find that more and more women are suffering from pelvic inflammatory disease or cervicitis, both of which are very common gynecological diseases in clinical practice. However, many women do not have a correct understanding of these two diseases and confuse them, which is very detrimental to later treatment. So what is the difference between cervicitis and pelvic inflammatory disease?
What is the difference between cervicitis and pelvic inflammatory disease?
1. Cervicitis
Different diseases can cause different harms to our bodies and have different symptoms. The treatment methods also vary. Cervicitis is a common disease among women of childbearing age and can be divided into chronic cervicitis and acute cervicitis.
If you have acute cervicitis, it usually coexists with acute endometritis or acute vaginitis. However, chronic cervicitis is more common, mainly characterized by increased vaginal discharge, which is thick or purulent, sometimes with blood streaks or mixed with blood. The main cause of cervicitis is long-term chronic mechanical irritation.
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