Cervical cancer

Cervical cancer is one cancer the most common for women. Every one hour, one woman died in Indonesia due to cervical cancer or cervical cancer this. The fact is that millions of women in the world infected with HPV, which is considered a disease through sexual relations most common in the world.
In Indonesia, every one hour, one woman died of cervical cancer
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), this infection is the major risk factor for cervical cancer. Every year, hundreds of thousands of undiagnosed cases of HPV in the world and thousands of women died of cervical cancer, caused by the infection. Given the fact that this horrible, the various measures of prevention and treatment have been made to address cervical cancer or cervical cancer.

Cervical cancer occurs in the reproductive organs of a woman. The cervix is the narrow section at the bottom between the vagina and uterus of a woman. In part this is happening and where the growth of cervical cancer. What causes cervical cancer or cervical cancer? How do I prevent it? And how to handle it if it is infected with HPV?

HPV

Cervical cancer caused by HPV infection (human papillomavirus) or human papilloma virus. HPV cause warts in men and women, including genital warts, called condyloma akuminatum. Only a few of the hundreds of variants of HPV that can cause cancer. Cervical cancer or cervical cancer can occur if an infection that does not heal for a long time. In contrast, most HPV infections will go away, overcome by the immune system.

Causes and Symptoms of Cervical Cancer

Attack cervical cancer or cervical area of the cervix caused by HPV infection (human papillomavirus) that do not heal in a long time. If the immune system decreases, the HPV infection will be acute and can lead to cervical cancer. The symptoms did not appear at an early stage, which is why cervical cancer that starts from HPV infection is considered as "The Silent Killer".

Some symptoms can be observed although not always an indication of HPV infection. Whitish or spend a little blood after intercourse is little sign of symptoms of this cancer. In addition, a yellowish liquid that smells in the genital area can also be an indication of HPV infection. This virus can be transmitted from one patient to another and infect the person. Transmission can be through direct contact and because of sex.

When there is virus in a person's hand, then touching the genital area, the virus will move and can infect your cervix area. Another transmission method is in the closet in a public restroom that was contaminated by the virus. A cancer patient may use a closet, the HPV virus in patients who have moved to the closet. If you use it without cleaning it, the virus could then move into your genital area.

Bad lifestyle can be a supporting increased numbers of this cancer. Smoking, lack of vitamin C, vitamin E and folic acid may be the cause. If the consume nutritious foods will make the immune system can drive up and HPV virus.

Risk of cervical cancer is an active woman having sex since very early age, which frequently change sex partners, or who have sex with a man who changed partner. Another causative factor is the Pill for a long time or come from families who have a history of cancer.

Often times, a man who showed no symptoms of HPV infection that is spread it to their partner. A man who had sex with a woman who suffered from cervical cancer, will be a media virus carriers. Furthermore, when this man having sex with his wife, the virus was able to move and infect his wife.

Detection of Cervical Cancer

How do I detect that a woman infected with HPV that cause cervical cancer? Symptoms of a person infected with HPV are not visible and not easily observed. The easiest way to find out by doing cervical cytological examination. These checks currently popular with a Pap smear or Papanicolaou smear taken from a Greek doctor who discovered this method of George N. Papanicolaou. However, there are also many other methods for early detection of HPV infection and cervical cancer as follows:

• IVA

IVA is an abbreviation of Visual Inspection with Acetic acid. Method of examination with cervical smear or cervix with acetic acid. Then observed if there are abnormalities such as white areas. If no color change, then there can be no infection in the cervix. You can make the health center with a relatively cheap price. This can be done only for early detection. If you see any suspicious signs, the other detection methods are more to be done.

• Pap smear

Pap smear testing methods that doctors commonly use a scraper or brush to remove a small sample of cervical cells. Then these cells will be analyzed in the laboratory. The test can reveal whether there is infection, inflammation, or abnormal cells. According to the world, with a regular Pap smear tests have reduced the number of deaths due to cervical cancer.

• Colposcopy

If all the test results on the previous method showed an infection or irregularities, colposcopy procedure will be done by using a tool equipped with a magnifying lens to observe the infected part. The goal was to determine whether there is a lesion or abnormal tissue in the cervix or cervix. If there is an abnormal, a biopsy (taking a small amount of tissue from the body) made and treatment for cervical cancer begin.

Treating Cervical Cancer

If infected with HPV, do not worry, because today is the various ways of treatment that can control HPV infection. Some treatments aim to kill the cells that contain the HPV virus. Another way is to remove the damaged or infected with electric surgery, laser surgery, or cryosurgery (remove the abnormal tissue by freezing).

If cervical cancer has reached an advanced stage, it will be chemotherapy treatment. In some severe cases a hysterectomy may also be of a hysterectomy or a total content. The aim is to remove cells that have cervical cancer develop in the body.

However, prevention is better than cure. Therefore, how to prevent infection with HPV and cervical cancer? Here are some ways you can do to prevent cervical cancer.

Preventing Cervical Cancer

Although cervical cancer scary, but we all can prevent it. You can do a lot of precautionary measures before ultimately infected with HPV and cervical cancer. Some practical ways you can do in everyday life include:

• Have a healthy diet, rich in vegetables, fruit and cereal to stimulate the immune system. For example consuming various carotene, vitamins A, C, and E, and folic acid can reduce the risk of cervical cancer.
• Avoid smoking. Much evidence indicates the use of tobacco can increase the risk of cervical cancer.
• Avoid sex before marriage or at a very young age or a dozen years.
• Avoid having sex during menstrual period proved effective to prevent and inhibit the formation and development of cervical cancer.
• Avoid having sex with many partners.
• Routine Pap smear tests regularly. We have a Pap smear test can be done even at the level of affordable health center.
• Alternative Pap smear test is a test IVA with a cheaper cost of Pap smears. The goal for the early detection of HPV infection.
• Provision of HPV vaccine or vaccination to prevent HPV infection.
• Perform intimate organs or vagina known as a toilet. This can be done alone or can be also with the help of expert doctors. The goal is to clean the female sex organs of filth and disease.

Healthy Living Without Cervical Cancer.

Cervical cancer can be prevented and treated. Early detection and routine Pap smears done to minimize the risk of cervical cancer. Change your lifestyle and your diet to avoid a disease that killed many women in this world. Thus, the health of the cervix or the cervix is more secure. With proper treatment, cervical cancer is not something frightening.