Background: In Sweden, about 500 women suffer from cervical cancer every year. Sexual health is important for women’s well-being and can be affected by the treatments of cervical cancer. In a cervical cancer diagnosis, the sexual health is affected. Some women have persistent sexual dysfunctions after end of treatment. It is important to make sure if the women experience this as a problem in order to be able to implement the right nursing measures.

Aim: The aim of this study was to illuminate the experience of sexual health in women after cervical cancer treatment

Method: The results of this literature-based study include eight qualitative articles, analyzed with Friberg’s five-stage model.

Results: The result was presented in three main themes: sexual dysfunction, fears after treatments and knowledge of sexual health. Women's sexual health can be affected by cervical cancer and its treatment. After treatments, women experience body changes and a negative body image. Initiating sexual activity with your partner was perceived as difficult. The women felt that information about sexual health after treatment was missing from the caregivers.

Conclusion: The results showed that women who underwent treatment for cervical cancer experienced sexual ill health due to changes in their bodies. It emerged that women choose to have intercourse out of fear of being left for someone else. Women experienced lack of knowledge and wanted information from health care professionals about sexual health.