Cervical Cancer Screening - Unaided Visual Inspection of the Cervix

Unaided Visual Inspection of the Cervix
"Clinical Downstaging"
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Saloney Nazeer
Geneva WHO Collaborating Centre in Education and Research in Human Reproduction

Normal cervix	No medical intervention required. Call for re-screening, if 35 years or above, according to established policy.
Postmenopausal cervix	No medical intervention required. Call for re-screening, if 35 years or above, according to established policy.
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.
Abnormal cervix	Take swab for culture and send to laboratory (if facilities available). Refer the patient to the Primary Health Clinic.
Cervicitis	Take swab for culture and send to laboratory (if facilities available). Refer the patient to the Primary Health Clinic.
Nabothian follicles (chronic cervicitis)	Take swab for culture and send to laboratory (if facilities available). Refer the patient to the Primary Health Clinic.
Cervical polyp (benign)	No medical intervention required. Call for re-screening, if 35 years or above, according to established policy.
Cervical cancer	Refer the patient to the Oncology Centre.

Edited by Aldo Campana,