What is cervical cancer?
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Human papilloma virus (HPV) oncogenic affecting the cervix is the cause of 99.7% of cervical cancers. If the cancer has entered an advanced stage, this cancer can spread to other organs throughout the body.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), cervical cancer is currently ranked top among the various types of cancer that causes death in women in the world.
Causes of Cervical Cancer
Cervical cancer is caused by Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). This virus has more than 100 types, most of them are harmless and will disappear by itself. HPV virus types that cause cervical cancer are HPV types 16 and 18.
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Therefore, the use of condoms during intercourse does not significantly prevent transmission of HPV virus. Persistent infection will lead to abnormal cell growth that can eventually lead to cancer development. This development takes between 5-20 years, starting from the stage of infection, precancerous lesions to be positive cervical cancer.
Symptoms of Cervical Cancer
Cervical cancer at an early stage do not show typical symptoms, even without symptoms. While the symptoms in advanced stages include bleeding post coitus, abnormal vaginal discharge, bleeding after menopause and abnormal discharge (yellowish, odorless, and mixed with blood).
Cervical Cancer Treatment
The medical treatment of cervical cancer can be done by heating, diathermy or laser for a new experience cell abnormality. If the disease has reached the stage of pre-cancer and cervical cancer, then there are some things you can do to cure, among others:
# Operation, namely by taking the cancerous area, usually the uterus and cervix.
# Radiotherapy is the use of high-powered X-rays that can be done internally or externally.
Prevention of Cervical Cancer
In general, our immune system will clear the virus. But when the system is not working, cervical cancer and other diseases can develop. There is no way to know who would be infected or cleared of the virus.
Therefore, people should take preventive HPV virus growth as early as possible. Starting with yourself, also in children.
Prevention of cervical cancer include:
# Primary prevention.
First through education. Education is also about social religion. The point is not to have multiple sexual partners, do not vary as much as possible partners and having sex only with a legitimate partner.
After education, HPV vaccination is the prevention of cervical cancer for women and girls. HPV vaccination can prevent someone from having cervical cancer, vaginal cancer and vulvar cancer in women.
HPV vaccination can be performed on women aged 10 to 50 years. In men 10 to 27 years. The amount of virus susceptibility to HPV after the vaccine was 90 percent under the age of 40-50 years. While in the 40-50 years, to avoid the possibility of 80 percent.
# Secondary Prevention
Screening and early detection to find cases early so that the possibility of healing can be improved.
# Tertiary Prevention
Tertiary prevention is treatment to prevent clinical complications and early death.
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