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Symptoms of Cervical Cancer

Symptoms of Cervical Cancer: Introduction

Cervical cancer often produces no symptoms in its earliest stages. When symptoms do occur, they may indicate that cervical cancer has progressed to more advanced stages. The primary symptom is abnormal vaginal bleeding that occurs after sex, after menopause or between menstrual periods. Other symptoms may include a foul-smelling and bloody vaginal discharge, and pain during sexual intercourse. Pelvic pain and lower back pain may also occur. Symptoms can be similar to other conditions, such as uterine cancer or cervical polyps....more about Cervical Cancer »

Symptoms of Cervical Cancer

The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources for Cervical Cancer includes the 25 symptoms listed below:

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Cervical cancer: Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

Preinvasive cervical cancer produces no symptoms or other clinically apparent changes. Early invasive cervical cancer causes abnormal vaginal bleeding, persistent vaginal discharge, and postcoital pain and bleeding. In advanced stages, it causes pelvic pain, vaginal leakage of urine and feces from a fistula, anorexia, weight loss, and anemia.

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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005

Malignant spinal neoplasms: Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

Extramedullary tumors produce symptoms by pressing on nerve roots, the spinal cord, and spinal vessels; intramedullary tumors, by destroying the parenchyma and compressing adjacent areas. Because intramedullary tumors may extend over several spinal cord segments, their symptoms are more variable than those of extramedullary tumors.

The following clinical effects are likely with all malignant spinal cord neoplasms:

❑Pain — Most severe directly over the tumor, radiates around the trunk or down the limb on the affected side and is unrelieved by bed rest. It may worsen when lying down or with straining, coughing, or sneezing. Pain can be diffuse, occurring over all extremities. Generally, it progressively worsens and isn't relieved by medication.

❑ Motor symptoms — Asymmetric spastic muscle weakness, decreased muscle tone, exaggerated reflexes, and a positive Babinski's sign. If the tumor is at the level of the cauda equina, muscle flaccidity, muscle wasting, weakness, and progressive diminution in tendon reflexes are characteristic.

❑ Sensory deficits — Contralateral loss of pain, temperature, and touch sensation (Brown-Séquard's syndrome). These losses are less obvious to the patient than functional motor changes. Caudal lesions invariably produce paresthesias in the nerve distribution pathway of the involved roots.

❑Bowel and bladder symptoms — Urine retention is an inevitable late sign with cord compression. Early signs include incomplete emptying or difficulty with the urine stream, which is usually unnoticed or ignored. Cauda equina tumors cause bladder and bowel incontinence due to flaccid paralysis.

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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005

Uterine cancer: Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

Uterine enlargement, and persistent and unusual premenopausal bleeding, or any postmenopausal bleeding, are the most common indications of uterine cancer. The discharge may at first be watery and blood-streaked, but it gradually becomes more bloody. Other signs or symptoms, such as pain and weight loss, don't appear until the cancer is well advanced.

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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005

Acceleration-deceleration cervical injuries: Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

Although symptoms may develop immediately, they’re often delayed 12 to 24 hours if the injury is mild. Whiplash produces moderate to severe anterior and posterior neck pain. Within several days, the anterior pain diminishes, but the posterior pain persists or even intensifies, causing patients to seek medical attention if they didn’t do so before. Whiplash may also cause dizziness, gait disturbances, vomiting, headache, nuchal rigidity, neck muscle asymmetry, and rigidity or numbness in the arms.

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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005

Cervical cancer: Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)

Cervical dysplasia produces no symptoms or other apparent changes. Early invasive cervical cancer can cause abnormal vaginal bleeding, persistent vaginal discharge, and postcoital pain and bleeding. In advanced stages, cervical cancer causes pelvic pain, vaginal leakage of urine and stool from a fistula, anorexia, weight loss, and anemia.

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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003

Uterine cancer: Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)

Uterine enlargement and persistent and unusual premenopausal bleeding, or any postmenopausal bleeding, are the most common indications of uterine cancer. The discharge may at first be watery and blood-streaked but gradually becomes more bloody. Other symptoms, such as pain and weight loss, don’t appear until the cancer is well advanced.

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Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003

Article Excerpts About Symptoms of Cervical Cancer:

There are no real symptoms of the early stages of cervical cancer. That is why is it is so important that your doctor does a series of tests regularly to look for it. The first of these is a Pap smear, which is done by using a piece of cotton, a brush, or a small wooden stick to gently scrape the outside of the cervix to pick up some cells that can be examined under a microscope. You may feel some pressure, but you usually do not feel pain. Most cervical cancers can be caught early with regular screening. (Source: excerpt from Cervical Cancer: NWHIC)

Cervical Cancer as a Cause of Symptoms or Medical Conditions

When considering symptoms of Cervical Cancer, it is also important to consider Cervical Cancer as a possible cause of other medical conditions. The Disease Database lists the following medical conditions that Cervical Cancer may cause:

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