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Warning-sign checks

Cervicitis: when to get help

Go through these in order and stop at the first one that applies. If you are reading this for someone else, answer for them.

  1. 1

    Is any of this happening now?

    Call 911

    Seek emergency care for severe pelvic or abdominal pain, fainting, confusion, trouble breathing, or heavy bleeding that is soaking through pads quickly.

    Severe pain or fainting when pregnancy is possible requires emergency assessment because an ectopic pregnancy must be ruled out.

    Other emergency signs, for anyone
    • Someone who is struggling to breathe, gasping, choking, or cannot get words out
    • Someone who has chest pain, tightness or pressure lasting more than a few minutes
    • Someone who has sudden weakness or drooping on one side of the face or body, slurred speech, or sudden confusion
    • Someone who is unconscious, or cannot be woken
    • Someone who is bleeding heavily and it will not stop with firm pressure
    • Someone who has had a seizure that will not stop, or does not wake up afterwards
    • Someone who has lips or skin that look pale, blue, grey or blotchy
    • Someone who you believe has taken an overdose or swallowed something poisonous
  2. 2

    Is any of this happening?

    Be seen today

    Seek urgent medical care for:

    • Fever with pelvic or lower abdominal pain
    • New or worsening moderate to severe pelvic pain
    • Repeated vomiting or difficulty keeping fluids down
    • Pain or bleeding during pregnancy
    • Symptoms that rapidly worsen despite treatment
  3. 3

    Does any of this apply?

    Book an appointment

    Routine follow-up may be recommended to confirm that symptoms and cervical inflammation have resolved.

    Contact the clinic if symptoms continue after treatment, return later, or worsen.

    Ongoing symptoms do not always mean that the first treatment failed.

    Reinfection, an untreated partner, another infection, irritation, or a noninfectious cervical condition may be responsible.

    Keep routine cervical cancer screening appointments based on age, medical history, and prior results.

    Seek routine medical assessment for repeated bleeding after sex, bleeding between periods, or continuing unusual discharge, even when STI tests are negative.

The article also says

After treatment for chlamydia, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis, repeat testing is generally recommended about three months later because reinfection is common.

This is different from a test performed soon after treatment to confirm that an infection has cleared.

The clinician will explain whether either type of testing is needed.

Every sign above is quoted from the sofidex article on Cervicitis. If you are not sure, err upward — it is always reasonable to be checked.