Erosion???

[Linzoid]

Had a smear test today, not had one for 9 years. There was blood on the end of the speculum. The nurse said i had an erosion but it is nothing to worry about.
What is it? I don't understand and actually AM a bit worried.

Nothing to worry about. It's common during pregnancy and is justwhen the cells go a bit mad!! Honestly nothing sinister though. I can't rememeber the exact details but have a look in any pregnancy book - it's totally normal.HTH

I have a cervical erosion, it developed during pregnancy (quite common apparantly) and is a thinning of the cells on the cervix/vaginal walls. It can cause bleeding after sex, when you have a smear, any time it gets knocked about really!! The nurse told me that it is not really a problem, but if I find that it bleeds more and more, I could have an small procedure to have it cauterised. HTH

I had bleeding in pregancy and was told it was erosion of the cervix. Didn't cause any problems - had a smear after the birth and all was OK. Should be nothing to worry about

Linzoid, agree with others, nothing serious to worry about. I worked as sec to a gynaecologist many years ago and basically, if I remember rightly, if it becomes a problem then treatment is by cauterisation, years ago it used to be done with a silver nitrate stick but I would imagine things have progressed since then
Hope this helps

thanks everyone, won't write myself off just yet then!