WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for February, 2001: Re: 'Pouched' cervix that bleeds easily?

Re: 'Pouched' cervix that bleeds easily?

From: William McIntosh, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 13 Feb 2001 14:33:08 -0600 (CST)

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At Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Melissa wrote: >
>I was going to include everything I wanted to say in my other post, but
>it was much too long. I just wanted to mention something that was
>discovered during my PAP test this morning that I not really sure if I
>should be concerned about. When my gynecologist was swabbing my cervix,
>it started to bleed. This is something that I've experinced alot in the
>past few years, I imagine, because other doctors have mentioned it. My
>gynecologist decided to take a better look at my cervix with a
>microscope and said that it bleeds easily because my cervix is "pouched"
>and this causes the inner "vasular" part of my cervix to be exposed. He
>said that this is not abnormal and that many women have this problem and
>that it's something that you're born with. But I can't understand why I
>haven't always had this bleeding with my PAP tests if I've always had
>this problem. I always assumed that bleeding during a PAP test would
>affect the accuracy of the results. I do have a tipped/retroverted
>uterus, but not sure if this has anything to do with it. I'm wondering
>if this exposure of the inner cervix could be the reason I experience
>alot of pain when the speculum is inside me and when I am having an
>internal.
>
>Is this really a normal thing and something I shouldn't be concerned
>about?

this is not a big deal, many women have this, especially when they are on the pill or pregnant, though these are not the only times. The intracervical tissue is not more sensitive than the outer part, just more vascular.

-- William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG

This is for educational purposes only, and is not a substitute for consultation and examination by a licensed medical professional.

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