Sexual Health
Is hpv infection Cervical cancer? Do you know the four misconceptions about cervical cancer
When it comes to cervical cancer, people will be terrified. Now, the incidence rate of cervical cancer is becoming higher and higher, and it is younger, which also brings higher mortality to women. Therefore, we must pay attention to it and avoid the misunderstanding of cervical cancer.
What is it?
1. Cervical cancer is infected with hpv
The occurrence of Cervical cancer is closely related to hpv. most patients with Cervical cancer have been detected hpv virus. However, infection with hpv does not necessarily lead to Cervical cancer. Healthy women's immunity can remove hpv from their bodies. Only a few women can not remove hpv, so they will continue to be infected and cause Cervical cancer.
2. Cervical erosion turns into cancer
Many women believe that they suffer from cervical erosion, which is not far from the girl, making them feel very scared. However, in reality, cervical cancer and cervical erosion have no relationship. Cervical erosion is now known as Cervical ectropion, which is a physiological phenomenon. Nine out of ten women of childbearing age will detect this situation. Some folk medical institutions use cervical erosion to ignore women receiving this treatment, which must be clearly identified.
3. Neglecting gynecological examinations
There is an incubation period of 5 to 10 years from the physical infection of HPV virus to the occurrence of Cervical cancer. As long as women regularly go to the hospital to screen Cervical cancer, they can find symptoms in time and kill the bud. After treatment of early Cervical cancer patients, the survival rate reaches more than 90%. Women of childbearing age must go to the hospital for gynecological examination every year, which can better find the precancerous lesions of Cervical cancer and prevent the occurrence of Cervical cancer. Especially for people prone to Cervical cancer infection, such as early marriage, premature delivery, prolificacy, low immunity, malnutrition women.
4. Neglecting physical discomfort
In the early stages of cervical cancer, there is no discomfort in the body, and the symptoms displayed are easily overlooked. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to the signals of the disease on the body. Bleeding during gynecological examination, bleeding during and after sexual activity, and bleeding after size should be vigilant. In addition, many cervical cancer patients also experience an increase in vaginal discharge, so female friends should pay more attention to the shape, amount, and presence of foul odor of vaginal discharge. When there is mucous or watery vaginal discharge, it should be taken seriously.
Warm reminder
The symptoms brought by early cervical cancer to the body cannot be ignored. Regularly go to the hospital for physical examination, actively cooperate with doctors for treatment when abnormalities are found, pay attention to personal hygiene, and avoid unclean sexual activity.