What causes vaginal polyps?

In our lives, many women will feel stomach pain after suffering from gynecological diseases. In fact, this may be due to inflammation in the stomach, or it may be due to polyps. Vulvar polyps are a common female disease. It will grow some polyps in the female uterus or vagina, and ovarian cysts may also occur. So what are the causes of genital polyps?

Vaginal polyps, also called cervical polyps, are generally not easy for women to discover themselves, but they can cause great harm to women. Therefore, understanding the symptoms of vaginal polyps is common sense that women need to master to identify them. Let’s take a look at the symptoms of vaginal polyps.

Cervical polyps are a manifestation of chronic cervicitis and are more common in married women. Polyps originate from the cervical mucosa. The surface is covered with a layer of columnar epithelium with abundant microvessels, so they are bright red, soft and fragile. It will bleed if touched lightly, so it often gets infected and forms ulcers. There is another type of polyp from the vaginal part of the cervix. The surface is covered by stratified squamous epithelium. Since the interstitium is mainly fibrous connective tissue, the color is light red, the texture is tough, the base is wide, and the lesion is superficial.

The cervix is ​​the lower part of the uterus, and its inner cavity is cylindrical or fusiform, called the cervical canal. Its upper end is the internal os of the cervix, and its lower end is the external os. There is a layer of mucous membrane on the surface of the cervical canal. Due to the long-term stimulation of chronic inflammation, the cervical canal mucosa continues to proliferate and accumulate, and protrude from the basal layer of the mucosa to the external opening of the cervix, thus forming polyps. The roots of polyps are mostly attached to the cervical canal or the external opening of the cervix. They are generally small, with a diameter of less than 1 cm, and can be single or multiple. There are also larger ones, which can reach several centimeters in diameter and have a pedicle that protrudes outside the cervical os as it grows. If the polyp is small, it will remain in the cervical canal and rarely appear at the cervical opening.

Cervical polyps are a common gynecological disease that occurs most frequently in women aged 30-50. The disease is mainly caused by long-term stimulation of chronic inflammation, which leads to excessive proliferation of local mucosa of the cervical canal. In addition, the uterus has a tendency to expel foreign bodies, causing the hyperplastic mucosa to gradually protrude from the base to the external os of the cervix to form polyps. Polyps are mostly benign, but sometimes they may be part of cervical cancer, so special attention must be paid.

Vaginal polyps generally have the following hazards:

1. Cause gynecological inflammation: When women suffer from cervical polyps, it will cause cervical congestion, which can easily cause gynecological diseases such as cervical erosion and cervical hypertrophy, threatening their health. Therefore, if cervical polyps are found, you should pay close attention to the condition and perform polypectomy in time to avoid causing more harm to your body.

2. Leading to female infertility: If patients with cervical polyps do not pay attention to treatment, when the condition worsens, the polyps will continue to grow larger, thus blocking the cervical opening and affecting female fertility. If cervical polyps are not treated promptly and effectively, they will continue to grow. The polyps will block the cervical opening, narrow the cervical opening or deform the cervical canal, hindering the passage of sperm and thus leading to female infertility.

3. Leading to cervical cancer: Generally speaking, the chance of cervical polyps becoming cancerous is very low, but it is possible, so female friends should pay attention to it, especially patients over the age of 45. After removing the polyps, the polyps should be sent for pathological examination. If there are symptoms of malignancy, effective measures should be taken.