Cervix cryosurgery: when to get help

1. 1

   Is any of this happening now?

   Call 911

   Seek emergency help for very heavy bleeding with fainting, severe weakness, breathing difficulty, confusion, or severe and rapidly worsening pain.

   Other emergency signs, for anyone

   • Someone who is struggling to breathe, gasping, choking, or cannot get words out
   • Someone who has chest pain, tightness or pressure lasting more than a few minutes
   • Someone who has sudden weakness or drooping on one side of the face or body, slurred speech, or sudden confusion
   • Someone who is unconscious, or cannot be woken
   • Someone who is bleeding heavily and it will not stop with firm pressure
   • Someone who has had a seizure that will not stop, or does not wake up afterwards
   • Someone who has lips or skin that look pale, blue, grey or blotchy
   • Someone who you believe has taken an overdose or swallowed something poisonous
   Yes, one of theseNo, none of these
2. 2

   Is any of this happening?

   Be seen today

   Contact your healthcare team promptly if you have:

   • Fever, chills, or feel increasingly unwell
   • Foul-smelling discharge
   • Worsening lower abdominal or pelvic pain
   • Bleeding that soaks through a pad in about an hour
   • Discharge or bleeding that continues beyond the expected healing period
   • Symptoms that improve and then become worse

   And for anyone, someone who:

   • has a wound that is hot, spreading red, or leaking pus
   Yes, one of theseNo, none of these
3. 3

   Does any of this apply?

   Book an appointment

   Routine watery discharge, mild cramping, and light spotting can be expected.

   Ask during routine follow-up if these are gradually improving but you remain concerned.

   Yes, one of theseNo, none of these

Every sign above is quoted from the sofidex article on Cervix cryosurgery. If you are not sure, err upward — it is always reasonable to be checked.