Cervical cancer Symptoms and Diagnosis

Investigate complaints immediately leave

In most cases occur at an early stage of disease, no complaints. Any complaints can often be misdiagnosed, because similar symptoms may also occur in gynecological inflammations and benign tumors. Therefore, it is always important to be examined by a doctor and even mild symptoms to clarify.

Discharge, bleeding, pain

The following signs and symptoms may occur:

• Discharge that is persistent and possibly offensive
• Bleeding after intercourse
• Unusual bleeding between periods, for example, outside the cycle, bleeding after menopause
• Pain in the pelvic and / or lumbar
• Pain during urination or defecation
• One-sided swollen legs indicate a change in the lymph nodes
  

Early detection and treatment are lifesaving

The fear of cancer, many women can often go late to the doctor. But just for cervical cancer may be of regular use of screening tests (since the age of 20 lifetime), detected 80 to 90 percent of the early tissue changes and effectively treated. Early detection and treatment are lifesaving.

Physical Exam

With the appropriate complaints can often be easily ascertained, what cause underlies them. In the history, physical examination and by examination of the smear can already perceive clearly many of the typical symptoms.

Further investigation

To confirm the diagnosis and to determine the disease stage and extent of the tumor, however, further investigations are necessary:

• Taking a tissue sample for histological examination
• Ultrasound examination of the pelvis and abdominal organs
• X-ray with contrast medium for the representation of the ureters
• Cystoscopy
• Reflection of the rectum
• X-ray examination of the chest
• Any computer and / or magnetic resonance imaging of individual organs or body regions