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Hello, I'm 20 years old, after the examination, the gynecologist told me that I had a short cervix. What does it mean? What can this be disturbing?
Good morning! In a gynecological examination, the doctor only feels a part of the cervix. The other part is inside the body, in the smaller pelvis. To accurately assess the length of the cervix, a vaginal ultrasound should be performed. Regards
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Alina Krychowska-Ćwikła, MD, PhDSpecialist-obstetrician at the Ursynów Surgical Center and Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic SPZOZ Warszawa-Ursynów, assistant professor at the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at the Faculty of He alth Sciences at the Medical University of Warsaw, editor of the Science and Didactics section of the quarterly "Obstetrician. Science and practice ”PZWL. I see at the Polmed Medical Center.
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