How can women prevent cervical cancer?

Cervical cancer is a serious gynecological disease that causes great harm to women, so you must pay attention to daily protection. So what is the cause of cervical cancer in women? What are the symptoms of cervical cancer? How to prevent the occurrence of cervical cancer? The following editor will introduce you in detail.

What are the causes of cervical cancer?

Genetic factors: Cervical cancer is related to genetics. If women in their childbearing years are exposed to certain physical or chemical factors for a long time in their daily lives, their germ cells will be deformed. Their offspring are often prone to cancer after birth.

Multiple pregnancies: The incidence of cervical cancer increases with the number of pregnancies. The incidence of cervical cancer in women who give birth to more than 7 children is more than 10 times higher than that in women who give birth to 1 to 2 children.

Male dirt: Studies have shown that wives of husbands with phimosis or prepuce are at a higher risk of cervical cancer. Male dirt during sex can also induce cervical cancer.

Viral or fungal infection: Herpes simplex virus type 2, human papillomavirus, human cytomegalovirus and fungal infection may be related to the occurrence of cervical cancer. Blood tests of patients found that 80% of patients had been infected with herpes simplex virus type 2.

Sexual life: A large amount of data from home and abroad confirms that women who marry early, have early children, have multiple births, and have disordered sexual lives have a higher incidence of cervical cancer. Women who have had sexual life before the age of 18 have a 4 times higher incidence of cervical cancer than those who have started having sex after the age of 18. The incidence of cervical cancer is higher in women who have been married multiple times.

Cervical erosion, laceration and eversion: Due to the physiological and anatomical reasons of the cervix, it is easily stimulated by various physical, chemical and biological factors, including trauma, hormones and viruses, which will increase the incidence of cervical cancer.

What are the symptoms of cervical cancer?

Vaginal bleeding: It often manifests as contact bleeding, that is, vaginal bleeding after sexual intercourse or gynecological examination. It can also manifest as irregular vaginal bleeding, or prolonged menstruation, increased menstrual flow. The amount of bleeding varies according to the size of the lesion and the invasion of blood vessels in the stroma. If large blood vessels are invaded, it can cause heavy bleeding. Generally, exophytic cancer bleeds earlier and more heavily, while endophytic cancer bleeds later.

Vaginal discharge: Most patients have white or bloody, thin, sleepy or rice-like, fishy-smelling vaginal discharge. Late-stage patients may have a large amount of rice-like or purulent leucorrhea due to necrosis of cancerous tissue and infection.

Late stage symptoms: Different secondary symptoms appear according to the extent of cancer involvement, such as frequent urination, urgency, constipation, lower limb swelling and pain, etc. When the cancer compresses or involves the ureter, it can cause ureteral obstruction, hydronephrosis and uremia; in the late stage, there may be anemia, cachexia and other systemic failure symptoms.

How to prevent cervical cancer

We should have a good lifestyle and change bad habits: just like high-fat, high-calorie food plus lack of exercise are very harmful to people's health.

Keep your living environment sterile: To maintain a sterile living environment, women who have sex should keep their bed sheets clean and fresh.

Women should also pay more attention to some intimate duties: such as wearing breathable, loose cotton underwear. Because mold can easily survive in a humid and warm environment, wearing breathable, loose cotton underwear can prevent the occurrence of mold.

Wash your hands frequently: before and after meals, or after defecation. Frequent hand washing is an effective way to prevent the spread of diseases.

Pay more attention to sexual hygiene: Pay attention to the cleanliness of the vulva and underwear, pay attention to menstrual hygiene, and avoid sexual disorders, which can also effectively reduce the incidence of cervical cancer.

There should be strict taboos against drug abuse, smoking and alcoholism: as a woman, you must first keep yourself clean. To prevent the occurrence of cancer, people must first take care of themselves and the environment.

Early symptoms of cervical cancer

Symptom 1: Contact bleeding.

This is the most prominent symptom of cervical cancer. About 70%-80% of patients with cervical cancer have vaginal bleeding. It is often manifested as vaginal discharge mixed with blood after sexual intercourse, gynecological examination, or when straining to defecate. If elderly women experience bleeding after sexual intercourse, do not always think that it is caused by improper sexual intercourse and ignore the possibility of cervical cancer. If bleeding occurs every time after sexual intercourse, it should be taken seriously and medical treatment should be sought in time.

Symptom 2: Irregular vaginal bleeding.

Elderly women who have been in menopause for many years suddenly have their periods again for no apparent reason. The amount of bleeding is usually small and is not accompanied by abdominal pain, back pain and other symptoms, which can be easily ignored. In fact, this irregular vaginal bleeding is often an early sign of cervical cancer. Many elderly patients come to the doctor for this symptom, and receive early diagnosis and timely treatment. Therefore, the elderly should be highly vigilant.