For most women especially if the cervical polyp is small, they may not have any symptoms and so it is usually discovered during a routine pap smear (cervical cancer screening). The most common symptom that would prompt women to see their gynaecologist would be post-coital bleeding (bleeding after sexual intercourse).
The best course of treatment would be for the gynaecologist to remove the cervical polyp with a sponge forceps and no analgesia is needed during the removal as it is painless. The cervical polyp is then sent to a histology lab for the pathologist to examine thoroughly in order to exclude any possibility of malignancy.
If the cervical polyp is large or if the base is broad, the removal would have to be performed as a day surgery (minor surgery) case with appropriate anaesthesia in case of excessive bleeding that needs to be arrested quickly after the polyp has been excised. In the majority of cases, these cervical polyps tend to be benign in nature.
