Cervical Cancer: Factors That Facilitate The Occurrence of Cervical Cancer

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Cervical Cancer

What is cervical cancer?


Cervical cancer is a disease that affects women. Cervical cancer is caused
by Human Papilloma virus (HPV). Malignancies occur in the cervix which is
the lowest part of the uterus that stands at the top of hole intercourse
(vaginal). Cervical cancer occurs when abnormal cells in the cervix change
into cancer cells. Changes usually takes 10-15 years to become
cancerous.
Factors that facilitate the occurrence of cervical cancer:
1. young married
2. pregnancy often
3. smoke
4. Long-term use of oral contraceptives
5. Sexually transmitted infections
Most HPV infections and early-stage cervical cancer occur without
symptoms.
When cancer is advanced or experienced progesifitas the symptoms that
may occur include:
through vaginal bleeding, vaginal discharge, pelvic pain, unable to
urinate.
Treatment of cervical cancer may include:
surgery
radiotherapy
chemoterapy
rehabilitation
supportive care
Cervical cancer is known to have advanced stage can result in harm to
surrounding organs and can cause death.
How to prevent cervical cancer with primary prevention is education and
vaccination. Also by secondary prevention is pap smear. A Pap smear is a
method of examination of cells taken from the cervix and then examined
under a microscope to see the changes that occur in these cells.
"in the world, every 2 minutes a woman dies of cervical cancer" while,
"Every hour, one Indonesian woman died because cervical cancer
see, this disease is really very dangerous. so please help to protect her
world

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