Health articles this time talking about cervical cancer. Cervical cancer (cervical cancer) or cervical cancer? is not a foreign name. Especially for women, the terrible scourge. Here are 13 facts about cervical cancer that we need to know:
1st What is cervical cancer? identify and prevent!
Cervical cancer is cancer that occurs in the neck. This is the area in the female reproductive tract is the entrance to the uterus. It lies between the uterus (womb) with a hole intercourse woman (vagina).
99.7% of these cancers are by the human papillomavirus (HPV) oncogene, which affects the cervix. From entry into the cervix when she took the stage, this cancer can spread to other organs in the body.
2nd of several dangers of cervical cancer?
World Health Organization (WHO) said the current cervical cancer is top place among the various types of cancer, the causes of death in women in the world. In Indonesia, every year more than 15,000 detected cases of cervical cancer.
About 8,000 cases of which ended with the death. According to WHO, Indonesia is a country with a series of patients with cervical cancer is highest in the world. Why be so dangerous? Because cervical cancer appeared as enemies in a blanket. Difficult to detect until the disease has reached an advanced stage.
3rd What exactly is the cause of cervical cancer?
First, cervical cancer is caused by HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) causes. This virus has more than 100 species, where most of them are harmless and will disappear by itself. HPV virus types that cause cervical cancer and most fatal.Akibatnya is the HPV virus types 16 and 18 years.
About 8,000 cases of which ended with the death. According to WHO, Indonesia is a country with a series of patients with cervical cancer is highest in the world. Why be so dangerous? Because cervical cancer appeared as enemies in a blanket. Difficult to detect until the disease has reached an advanced stage.
3rd What exactly is the cause of cervical cancer?
First, cervical cancer is caused by HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) causes. This virus has more than 100 species, where most of them are harmless and will disappear by itself. HPV virus types that cause cervical cancer and most fatal.Akibatnya is the HPV virus types 16 and 18 years.
e 16 dan 18.
Secondly, other than those caused by HPV virus, abnormal cells on the cervix grow due to the radiation exposure or contamination from chemicals that occur in the long term.
4th How does cervical cancer spread?
Transmission of HPV virus can occur through sexual relations, especially with multiple partners. Virus transmission can be either by transfer through the genitals to genitals or mouth to genital or genital area manually.
4th How does cervical cancer spread?
Transmission of HPV virus can occur through sexual relations, especially with multiple partners. Virus transmission can be either by transfer through the genitals to genitals or mouth to genital or genital area manually.
Therefore, the use of condoms during sexual intercourse is not to prevent very influential transmission of HPV virus. Because not only is transmitted through the liquid, the virus can move through the contact of the skin.
5th Let us see what are the symptoms of cervical cancer that?
In the early stages, this disease does not cause symptoms are easy to observe. For this reason, it is you who are already sexually active, strongly recommended that a Pap smear test carried out every two years. Physical symptoms of the disease is usually noticeable only by people with advanced cancer.
Symptoms of advanced cervical cancer:
* The development of pain and bleeding during sexual intercourse (contact bleeding).
* Excessive and abnormal vaginal discharge.
* Bleeding outside of the menstrual cycle.
* Dramatic weight loss.
* If the cancer has spread to the pelvis, the patient will suffer from back pain complaints
* Also barriers during urination and kidney enlargement.
6th How long this period of growth of cervical cancer?
Preinvasif period (growth of abnormal cells before they become cancerous) disease is quite long, so that the people could see it early, different steps to solve them.
Persistent infection is abnormal cell growth that could lead eventually lead to the development of cancer. This development will take between 5-20 years, from the stage of infection, precancerous lesions positive cervical cancer.
7th Is it true that smoking risk of cervical cancer?
There are many studies that the relationship between smoking with an increased risk that someone cervical public. One is the research conducted at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and published in the British Journal of Cancer in 2001.
After Joakam Dillner, MD, researcher, research, nicotine substance as well as "poison" the other into the blood through the cigarette smoke LED can increase the likelihood of the condition of cervical neoplasia, or abnormal growth of cells in the uterus. "Cervical neoplasia is the first condition for the development of cervical cancer in a person's body," he said.
8th In addition to smokers who are at risk?
Women are more susceptible to cervical cancer are between 35-50 years old, especially you who were sexually active before the age of 16 years. Sexual relationships at an early age may have had the risk of cervical cancer by 2-fold increase compared to women who have sex after the age of 20.
Cervical cancer is also associated with the number of sexual opponents. The more the opposite sex they have, then increases the risk of cervical cancer. Just as the number of sexual opponent, number of pregnancies that have also experienced increased risk for cervical cancer.
You are infected with the HIV virus and the other an abnormal Pap smear results, and malnutrition are also at risk for infection with HPV. You can're on a strict diet, low consumption of vitamin A, C and E per day lead to a reduced level of immunity in the body so you can easily become infected.
9th How do I know that?
A Pap smear is a standard test method for detection of cervical cancer. However, the Pap smear is not the only way you do in order to detect this disease. There is also the type of inspection with acetic acid (vinegar).
Vinegar is acetic acid, which is relatively easier and cheaper to do. If you want to achieve more accurate results, it is now the latest examination techniques for early detection of cervical cancer, a so-called Hybrid Capture II technology (HCII).
10th How to prevent cervical cancer?
Although the highest among the various types of cancer, the ranks of death, cervical cancer is the only species known to cause cancerous. Therefore, efforts to prevent it is very possible. Namely:
* Not having sex with a partner who in turn
* Diligently while a Pap smear every two years for those who are already sexually active
* And make HPV vaccination for those who still have never done a sexual contact
* And of course, maintaining a healthy body
11th How important is the use of the HPV vaccine?
Middle of 2006, causing circulating vaccine against infection with HPV types 16 and 18, the cervical cancer. This vaccine works by stimulating the body's immune system and catch the virus before it enters the cells of the cervix.
In addition, attach to the cervical cancer, the vaccine also protect them, women from the threat of multiple HPV types 6 and 11 cause genital warts. It must be stressed that this vaccine was effective only as to girls ages 9 to 26 years who are not sexually active given.
The vaccine is as much as three times within a given time frame. With vaccination, the risk for cervical cancer can be reduced by 75%. There is good news, starting this year the price of the original vaccine 1.3 million - even a syringe to 700,000, - IDR even a syringe.
12th Are there any side effects of this vaccine?
This vaccine has been tested on thousands of women worldwide. The results showed no harmful side effects. The most common side effects include fever and complained of redness, pain and swelling at the injection site.
Side effects other frequently encountered are bleeding and itching at the injection site. The vaccine itself is not recommended for pregnant women. However, nursing mothers should receive this vaccine.
13th Can cervical cancer be cured?
Since not complain about any symptoms, cervical cancer patients, usually in the hospital when the disease reaches to get level 3. Have the problem of cervical cancer has reached the stage 2 to stage 4, damage to body organs such as bladder, kidney and out the other.
Therefore, the surgical removal of the uterus alone is not enough to bring people back as usual. In addition to surgery, patients need additional therapy, such as radiation and chemotherapy. The move, they can not guarantee 100% of patients heal.
Choose where? prevented by vaccination or select a hysterectomy, radiation and chemoteraphy is no guarantee of recovery? Better to prevent than cure right?
There are many studies that the relationship between smoking with an increased risk that someone cervical public. One is the research conducted at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and published in the British Journal of Cancer in 2001.
After Joakam Dillner, MD, researcher, research, nicotine substance as well as "poison" the other into the blood through the cigarette smoke LED can increase the likelihood of the condition of cervical neoplasia, or abnormal growth of cells in the uterus. "Cervical neoplasia is the first condition for the development of cervical cancer in a person's body," he said.
8th In addition to smokers who are at risk?
Women are more susceptible to cervical cancer are between 35-50 years old, especially you who were sexually active before the age of 16 years. Sexual relationships at an early age may have had the risk of cervical cancer by 2-fold increase compared to women who have sex after the age of 20.
Cervical cancer is also associated with the number of sexual opponents. The more the opposite sex they have, then increases the risk of cervical cancer. Just as the number of sexual opponent, number of pregnancies that have also experienced increased risk for cervical cancer.
You are infected with the HIV virus and the other an abnormal Pap smear results, and malnutrition are also at risk for infection with HPV. You can're on a strict diet, low consumption of vitamin A, C and E per day lead to a reduced level of immunity in the body so you can easily become infected.
9th How do I know that?
A Pap smear is a standard test method for detection of cervical cancer. However, the Pap smear is not the only way you do in order to detect this disease. There is also the type of inspection with acetic acid (vinegar).
Vinegar is acetic acid, which is relatively easier and cheaper to do. If you want to achieve more accurate results, it is now the latest examination techniques for early detection of cervical cancer, a so-called Hybrid Capture II technology (HCII).
10th How to prevent cervical cancer?
Although the highest among the various types of cancer, the ranks of death, cervical cancer is the only species known to cause cancerous. Therefore, efforts to prevent it is very possible. Namely:
* Not having sex with a partner who in turn
* Diligently while a Pap smear every two years for those who are already sexually active
* And make HPV vaccination for those who still have never done a sexual contact
* And of course, maintaining a healthy body
11th How important is the use of the HPV vaccine?
Middle of 2006, causing circulating vaccine against infection with HPV types 16 and 18, the cervical cancer. This vaccine works by stimulating the body's immune system and catch the virus before it enters the cells of the cervix.
In addition, attach to the cervical cancer, the vaccine also protect them, women from the threat of multiple HPV types 6 and 11 cause genital warts. It must be stressed that this vaccine was effective only as to girls ages 9 to 26 years who are not sexually active given.
The vaccine is as much as three times within a given time frame. With vaccination, the risk for cervical cancer can be reduced by 75%. There is good news, starting this year the price of the original vaccine 1.3 million - even a syringe to 700,000, - IDR even a syringe.
12th Are there any side effects of this vaccine?
This vaccine has been tested on thousands of women worldwide. The results showed no harmful side effects. The most common side effects include fever and complained of redness, pain and swelling at the injection site.
Side effects other frequently encountered are bleeding and itching at the injection site. The vaccine itself is not recommended for pregnant women. However, nursing mothers should receive this vaccine.
13th Can cervical cancer be cured?
Since not complain about any symptoms, cervical cancer patients, usually in the hospital when the disease reaches to get level 3. Have the problem of cervical cancer has reached the stage 2 to stage 4, damage to body organs such as bladder, kidney and out the other.
Therefore, the surgical removal of the uterus alone is not enough to bring people back as usual. In addition to surgery, patients need additional therapy, such as radiation and chemotherapy. The move, they can not guarantee 100% of patients heal.
Choose where? prevented by vaccination or select a hysterectomy, radiation and chemoteraphy is no guarantee of recovery? Better to prevent than cure right?
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