Elongated cervix

Body: 

Does anyone know what is 'Elongated Cervix' not during pregancy, what does it really mean when a woman has an elongated cervix? is it something to be concerned.

Appreciate your replies.

Thank you

I have heard it compared to having a large nose.

Hi Diamond

Put "elongated cervix" into the Search box. We have discussed this before and could not find any indications that it was anything other than a description for well, um, an elongated cervix.

Having been thrust into this POP thing suddenly I can see that you are on a steep learning curve to learn all the language. Medical language can be scarey, and I feel such a dork listening to this stuff in the consult, and nodding sagely, then dashing home to Google to find out what it all meant, if I even remember the terms. Just remember that a diagnosis is often just a specialist word used to describe a characteristic or a condition in one word. It is often not a cause for worry, simply a description. Having said that, many women in history had hysterectomies because it was incorrectly thought that the uterus caused many medical conditions in women. It is sometimes difficult to perceive the difference between a grave description and a grave diagnosis.

I cannot encourage you strongly enough to keep learning. Without some knowledge of the words that are spoken by doctors we have no chance at all of being fully informed of what they want to do with our bodies and why. You owe it to yourself to keep learning.

Louise