Cervical Cancer: Symptoms, Complaints, Signs

Cervical cancer (cancer of the cervix) usually does not show symptoms in early stages. The following symptoms and complaints may indicate advanced stages of cervical cancer:

  • Dyspareunia – pain during sexual intercourse.
  • Fluor genitalis (discharge); often flesh-water colored.
  • Contact bleeding (bleeding, for example, after sexual intercourse).
  • Metrorrhagia – bleeding outside theeigenliche menstruation; it is usually prolonged and increased, a regular cycle is not recognizable
  • Neuralgia (nerve pain) in the lower extremities.
  • Back pain
  • Pain in the lower abdomen/flanks due to urinary retention