Photocolposcopy is a new word in the diagnosis of the pathology of the cervix, which allows you to perform diagnostics not only with high accuracy, but also to take pictures before and after treatment.
Videocolposcopy - This method of clinical gynecological examination with the help of a special optical device of the cervix can be increased 40 times (colposcope, videocolposcopy), which allows to diagnose even the slightest defects of the tissue, such as small erosions, tiny tumors and microheating in the region of the cervix, vagina and vulva. In this regard, colposcopy has become an indispensable method in the practice of gynecologists.
Why is it important to do a photocolpsopia?
With the help of colposcopic examination it is possible to diagnose the following diseases of the cervix:
- Erosion of the cervix
- Dysplasia
- Polyps
- Endometrial polyps
- Hyperplasia of the mucous membrane of the cervical canal,
- Leukoplakia
- Erythroplasia
- HPV (warts, papillomas),
- Early stages of cervical cancer
- Differentiated diagnosis of numerous benign changes in the cervix.
The colposcopy should be used with each deep gynecological examination.
- Colposcopy should be performed together with a pap smear for a cytological study: only the parallel application of these two methods gives the optimum result.
- Photographs during colposcopic examination improve diagnosis - they are necessary for prolonged observation with deviations from the norm and for control of treatment.
- A biopsy using a colposcope is a reliable diagnostic method (the tissue is taken with the ectoderm of the cervix at the site, which has led to suspicion of colposcopy).
With which diseases is being done photocolpscopy?
- Erosion of the cervix
- Dysplasia
- Polyps
- Endometrial polyps
- Hyperplasia of the mucous membrane of the cervical canal,
- Leukoplakia
- Erythroplasia
- Cervical cancer
- Condyloma
With video colposcopy, you can detect diseases that a woman may not know for years. First of all, the disease of the cervix that occurs as a rule, asymptomatic, but leads to one of the most common malignant formations in women - cervical cancer.