Cervical cancer
Disease information
Cervical cancer
Cervical cancer
.
A
common
cancers, treatable and predictable, of the
female
reproductive
system
.
Subsequent to the neck of the uterus or cervix (the lower third of the uterus, which opens to the
vagina
) at any age
but
is more
common
30 to 50 years.
Causes.
There is an epidemiological link between
cervical
cancer
and
infection
by some of the same
papillomavirus
(the viruses that cause warts)
It is known that this group is oncogenic virus (facilitate the malignant transformation of cells infected)
Signs and symptoms.
In its early stages, easily treatable, there are no symptoms.
Advanced stages:
Vaginal
bleeding
without
a
cause.
Persistent
vaginal
discharge
.
Pain and
bleeding
after
sexual
intercourse.
Terminal:
Abdominal pain.
Leakage of feces and urine through the
vagina
.
Loss of appetite and
weight
.
Anemia
.
Risk Factors.
Poor economic stratum.
Early onset of
sexual
relations.
Multiple
sex partners.
Frequent sex during adolescence.
Human
papilloma
virus (probably the previous risk factors are associated with the facility to become infected with this virus)
Multiple
births.
Recurrent
vaginal
infections
(
bacterial
or viral, including
herpes
and
genital
warts)
Failure
to do
a
pelvic exam and / or cytology regularly.
Prevention.
Avoid if possible risks described above.
Regular pelvic examinations from 18 years to start or
sexual
activity
.
Undergo the Pap test (cytology) regularly. The cytology and pelvic examinations are very effective and detect precancerous changes in its asymptomatic phase.
Check with your
doctor
, or Center for
Family
Planning
Health
Center with much regularity must pass the tests.
The Public
Health
will provide such evidence without
charge
.
Diagnosis and Treatment.
Diagnosis:
His own observation of symptoms, especially any unexplained
vaginal
bleeding
.
History and clinical recognition by your
doctor
or gynecologist.
Examination of the cervix with
a
magnifying glass (colposcopy)
As biopsies and cytological analysis.
Surgical procedures for diagnosis and treatment, as
conization
of cervix.
Treatment:
Based on surgical, whose importance depends on the extent of
cancer
at diagnosis.
Medication.
Usually, you do not need medication for this condition, provided it is diagnosed and treated in time.
Needed further treatment to surgery, your
doctor
may prescribe:
Anticancer medications.
Analgesics.
Complications.
If this
cancer
is not treated early, extends outside the pélvix to other parts of the body and cause death.
Forecast.
It can be cured if it is diagnosed before it spreads the tumor.
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