Hepatic protein-synthesizing, enzyme functions and the rate of lipid peroxidation reactions and intracellular responses with the participation of sulfhydryl groups were studied in 104 patients with prolonged and recurrent ectopies of the cervix uteri (ECU). A control group consisted of 25 female volunteers without cervical pathology in question. The patients with ECU were found to have abnormal activity of lipid peroxidation and transamination, as well as hypoproteinemia, hypoalbuminemia, compromised antioxidant defense, absolute and relative inadequacy of the total amount and free fractions of sulfhydryl groups in blood. Whether the found impaired metabolic homeostasis may affect cervical mucosal epithelial repair and whether these impairments can be corrected are discussed.