January is the month that celebrates the world as cervical cancer awareness month. This cancer is a cancer that is very dangerous and deadly because it is somewhat veiled and not give any symptoms at all in the early stages.
Almost every hour there is one woman's death from cervical cancer. To the understanding of this disease, early detection and prevention method is an important factor in preventing the deaths of women from cervical cancer.
Some precautions that can be done is as follows:
Avoid smoking, both active and passive smoking.
Do not have sexual intercourse with multiple partners or multiple partners.
If you or your spouse is suffering from a sexually transmitted infection, you should not have sexual intercourse prior to the infection has been addressed and treated thoroughly.
Avoid sexual intercourse at a young age (under 20 years).
Perform routine inspection of early detection. Pap tests should be mandatory and routine every 3 years for women aged 21-65 years.
Getting a vaccine against HPV. Vaccine against HPV can protect women from infection with HPV types 16 and 18 that can cause cervical cancer and is found in 70% of patients with cervical cancer. The best vaccine is in women aged 9-26 years who have never had sexual intercourse. However, the results are also good protection can still be found in the vaccine for women aged up to 45 years who have had sexual intercourse and do not have signs of cervical cancer.
Healthy life and conduct regular health checks can save lives. Do not wait any longer for a check-up. If you find it difficult to check-up and early detection so you can imagine the difficulties experienced if it turns out you have cervical cancer that was detected too late.
HPV Vaccine For Cervical Cancer Prevention
What is HPV?
HPV stands for Human Papilloma Virus. This virus is the virus that causes warts on the skin. It has been found to be more than 100 types of HPV, so papilloma virus that causes genital warts is different from papilloma viruses that bring about warts on the hands or feet. Some types of HPV is the cause of cervical cancer, HPV type 16 and type 18. More than 80% of cases of cervical cancer are caused by the two types of the papilloma virus.
Who is at risk for HPV infection?
Women who initiate sexual intercourse early (age 14-16 years) is a group of people who are at high risk for cervical cancer. During puberty, women do not possess the perfect sexual function and condition of the immature uterus neck, leaving it vulnerable to infection with HPV virus.
How can I reduce the risk of HPV infection?
Sure way to prevent HPV infection is not having sex at a young age and not alternate pairs. In addition, HPV infection, especially HPV that cause cervical cancer can be prevented by vaccination. The vaccine is injected into the muscle, usually in the upper arm. The best protection is obtained after 3 injections were given within 6 months.
What are the benefits of the HPV vaccine?
Protection against infection with HPV types 16 and 18 will be able to survive for 5 years. If the vaccine is given to women aged 9-26 years, it will be about providing 100% protection. If given to women over the age of 26 years, then the protection is obtained depending on the amount of exposure to HPV has occurred.
What should be considered before receiving HPV?
Make sure you are not pregnant or plan to become pregnant. Pastika you healthy in all circumstances, not the flu, fever, diarrhea. And a very pentites, for those who are sexually active, to do a pap test before receiving the vaccine.
