How To Prevent Cervical Cancer

 

CERVICAL CANCER PREVENTION

What is cervical cancer?

The cervix is the opening of the womb of a woman. It is caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).

Cancer of the cervix is the second most common cancer among women worldwide

RISK FACTORS

1.     Every woman with a cervix is at risk of cervical cancer

2.     Any woman who has ever had sex

3.     Smoking

4.     Family history of cervical cancer.

 

The cervical disease is truly treatable, assuming that you get it early. The four primary medicines are:

1.     Medical procedure

2.     Radiation treatment

3.     Chemotherapy

4.     Designated treatment 

At times these medicines are joined to make them more compelling.

Medical procedure

The motivation behind the medical procedure is to eliminate however much of the malignant growth as could reasonably be expected. At times the specialist can stop only the cervix region that contains malignant growth cells. For a more far and wide disease, medical procedures might include eliminating the cervix and different organs in the pelvis.

Radiation treatment

Radiation kills disease cells utilizing high-energy X-beam radiates. It tends to be conveyed through a machine outside the body. Likewise, it can be obtained inside the body using a metal cylinder put in the uterus or vagina.

 

Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy utilizes medications to kill disease cells all through the body. Specialists give this treatment in cycles. You will get chemo for a while. You will then, at that point, stop the cure from giving your body time to recuperate.

 

Designated treatment

Bevacizumab (Avastin) is a fresher medication that works alternately from chemotherapy and radiation. It impedes the development of new blood vessels that help the malignant growth develop and make due. This medication is frequently given along with chemotherapy.

 

Assuming your PCP finds precancerous cells in your cervix, they can be dealt with. See what techniques prevent these cells from transforming into a malignant growth.

 

Cervical malignant growth stages

After you've been analyzed, your primary care physician will dole out your disease a phase. The stage tells whether the malignant growth has spread and how far it has applied if this is the case. Arranging your malignant growth can assist your PCP with tracking down the proper treatment for you.

 

Cervical malignant growth has four phases:

 

Stage 1: The malignant growth is slight. It might have spread to the lymph hubs. It has not applied to different pieces of your body.

Stage 2: The malignant growth is more significant. It might have spread outside the uterus and cervix or to the lymph hubs. It hasn't arrived at different pieces of your body.

Stage 3: The malignant growth has spread to the lower part of the vagina or the pelvis. It could be impeding the ureters, the cylinders that convey pee from the kidneys to the bladder. It has not spread to different pieces of your body.

Stage 4: The malignant growth might have spread outside the pelvis to organs like your lungs, bones, or liver.

 

PREVENTIVE MEASURES

1.     Avoid smoking

2.     Delay sex until after your teens or make sure you have one sexual partner or barrier method such as a condom

3.     Get regular screening by visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) or pap smear

4.     Vaccination with the HPV vaccine.

 

What is VIA?

VIA means visual inspection with a 3% to 5% acetic acid concentration. It is used to detect abnormal cells of the cervix. The abnormal cells are not cancerous, but if left untreated, they may develop into cancer

The test is affordable, simple, painless, quick and harmless. It only takes a few minutes to get the result of VIA.

What is pap Smear?

Pap smear is also used to determine abnormal cells around the cervix. Suppose employees take some cells from the cervix and inspect them under the microscope.

The results can take weeks.

 

How is VIA done?

1.     While you lie on the examination table, the midwife or doctor will look at your vulva area for signs of infection or other problems.

2.     The midwife or doctor will side a speculum into your vagina to open it.

3.     During the test, the service provider will use a cotton swab dipped in acetic acid and apply it to your cervix.

 

TEST RESULT

1.     They will wait for 3 to 5 minutes to see if the cells turn white or not. If they do not turn white, they are normal, but if they turn white, there are abnormal cells of your cervix.

2.     The cervix provider will then treat you with cryotherapy, meaning abnormal freezing cells with a gaseous substance. Pre-Cancerous cell treatment