Unaided Visual Inspection of the Cervix
"Clinical Downstaging"
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Saloney Nazeer
WHO Collaborating Centre in Education and Research in Human Reproduction
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| Normal cervix | No medical intervention required.
Call for re-screening, if 35 years or above, according to established policy. |
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| Postmenopausal cervix | No medical intervention required.
Call for re-screening, if 35 years or above, according to established policy. |
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| Ectopy (erythroplasia): normal physiological change seen during pregnancy and puerperium | No medical intervention required.
Call for re-screening, if 35 years or above, according to established policy. |
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| Abnormal cervix | Take swab for culture and send to laboratory (if facilities available).
Refer the patient to the Primary Health Clinic. |
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| Cervicitis | Take swab for culture and send to laboratory (if facilities available).
Refer the patient to the Primary Health Clinic. |
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| Nabothian follicles (chronic cervicitis) | Take swab for culture and send to laboratory (if facilities available).
Refer the patient to the Primary Health Clinic. |
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| Cervical polyp (benign) | No medical intervention required.
Call for re-screening, if 35 years or above, according to established policy. |
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| Cervical cancer | Refer the patient to the Oncology Centre. |
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