Avoiding sex at an early age can prevent cervical cancer

Liputan6.com, Jakarta – Do not having sex at an early age it can reduce the risk of cervical or cervical cancer. Likewise, avoid multiple sexual partners, as stated by internal medicine specialist Dr. Nadia Ayu Mulansari, Sp.PD-KHOM.

“Every cancer has its own risk factors, avoid it” multiple partners and do not have sex from an early age, “said the doctor of the University of Indonesia, reported by Between.

In addition to avoiding risk factors, cervical cancer It can be prevented by administering human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination. The vaccine has also become a mandatory vaccine in the national immunization program. The HPV vaccine was administered twice to 5th and 6th grade students.

The HPV vaccine can be given to girls between the ages of 10 and 45 who have not been sexually active. Meanwhile, for sexually active women, the HPV vaccine can be injected if the individual was not infected with HPV and did not have cervical cancer before receiving the vaccine.

Cervical cancer is most commonly diagnosed in women between the ages of 35 and 44 with a mean age at diagnosis of 50. More than 20% of cervical cancer cases are found in women over the age of 65.

The mortality or mortality rate in cervical cancer is higher than in breast cancer. Mainly because screening is low, so cervical cancer is already in an advanced stage.

“Because the breast is on the surface, it is easier to feel (when there is a lump),” explained Nadia.

Another reason, cervical cancer is difficult to detect if there is no routine examination. Generally, cervical cancer is only detected after an advanced stage where symptoms such as bleeding appear after intercourse.