Abstract
Cervical cancer continues to be a major health concern in the women from age 25 years to 60 years. Visual inspection with acetic acid and lugol’s iodine is very simple to perform and cost effective, can be performed under low resource settings also. Garbhasaya greevagata vrana which can be understood as cervical ectopy according to modern science is one of the commonest encountered problem in gynecology practice. Screening programmes for the early detection of premalignant lesions of the cervix are expensive and technically difficult, especially in resource-challenged settings. There is a need for cheaper and equally effective alternative screening methods. METHODOLGY: A total of 112 parous females were registered with above symptoms. Ectopy cases were treated with distilled water prepared withTankan(borax) , an alkaline preparation for 14 days daily once and subjected for repeat inspection after two months and 6 months. The interval between last day of therapy and re-inspection was one and half month. RESULTS: 100 patients completed the treatment.10 patients were found with ectopy, 7 patients were referred to higher centre with VIA and VILI positive, out of which 4 patients were confirmed with CIN1, 1 patient with Invasive carcinoma and rest were non- significant. 5 patients dropped out. All patients except positive cases were treated with Ayurvedic medication and all ectopy cases responded well. CONCLUSION: Before treating benign cervical lesions screening with VIA and VILI will be helpful in the  early detection of cancer cervix. Ayurvedic treatment collaborated with more modern diagnostic methods help in more accurate approach in the management. Â
Highlights
100 patients completed the treatment.10 patients were found with ectopy, 7 patients were referred to higher centre with Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) and Visual Inspection with Lugol’s Iodine (VILI) positive, out of which 4 patients were confirmed with CIN1, 1 patient with Invasive carcinoma and rest were non- significant. 5 patients dropped out
Before treating benign cervical lesions screening with VIA and VILI will be helpful in the early detection of cancer cervix
Screening the symptomatic patients of leucorrhea, pelvic discomfort, backache, contact bleeding with VIA and VILI proved effective in identifying the premalignant lesions and invasive carcinoma
Summary
In the childbearing age more than 70% female population experience the symptoms of vulvo-vaginal itching, white discharge vaginally, dyspareunia and menstrual irregularities. Ayurvedic principle of Kshara chikitsa, which consists of application of alkaline substance to perform the cauterization and can be considered as Cancer of the uterine cervix is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity among women worldwide. In developing countries it is the most common gynecological cancer and one of the leading causes of cancer deaths amongst women. Screening programs for cervical cancer have been instituted in developed countries for decades and over a period of time have been shown to be effective in reducing the overall mortality from this disease Such programs can only be made to work provided the necessary infrastructure and funds are available [5].Visual inspection of the cervix both unmagnified
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