TRIBUNNEWSBOGOR.COM — Read on for an explanation of the symptoms cervical cancer how to treat cervical cancer what you should know.
Cervical cancer is the growth of cancer cells in the cervix, namely the lower cervix.
As with other types of cancer, cervical cancer You also need to be careful as it can be life threatening.
Gynecology Specialist at Bung Karno Hospital, Surakarta, Dr. Andy Wijaya, Sp.OG, M.Kes, mostly cervical cancerThe cause is human papillomavirus infection ( HPV).
Hence the vaccine HPV can effectively protect women from being infected with this virus. HPV itself is a virus that is easily transmitted.
Transmission HPV most of the time it’s late sex (90 percent) and the rest occurred not sex.
according to dr. Andy, contraceptives like condoms can’t completely protect women from infection HPV.
“Sexually active women are substantially at risk of infection HPV Reason cervical cancer this,” explained Dr. Andy when he was interviewed by Kompas.com on Sunday (9/13/2020).
Also, there are several factors that can increase your risk of cervical cancerthis is:
– Frequently changing sexual partners
– Too early in Ber sexual
– Exposed to sexually transmitted infections
– Weak immune system
– To smoke
– There’s history cervical cancer in family
Symptoms cervical cancer
Under optimal conditions, a woman’s immune system can effectively fight off viruses.
But unfortunately, the immune system in some women is weak, unable to fight off the virus, causing healthy cells to turn into cancer cells.
dr. Andy delivers, early on cervical cancerthere are no characteristics or symptoms of this disease.