Cervical Cancer (Cervical) --- What gives?

Cervical cancer (cervix) - is a type of cancer (after breast cancer) are found in women worldwide, and is the leading cause of death in many developing countries.

Based on data from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in 2002, the incidence of cervical cancer is estimated around 16 per 100,000 women of Indonesia. Every year about 15,050 Indonesian women diagnosed with cervical cancer and 7566 women died from the disease. Cervical cancer associated with high health burden for sufferers, families, and the government so that prevention of this cancer need special attention.

Cervical cancer (cervical) until now has not known for sure why. However, based on recent research, the HPV virus is one of the trigger. Infection of human papillomavirus (HPV) is the cause of 99% of cases of cervical cancer (cervical). Of the several types of HPV, types 16 and 18 are the main cause of cervical cancer (cervical), which is about 70% of cases in the world.

HPV can infect a woman if her sexual partner due to repeatedly suffered from the virus - change partners. In addition, women who have the habit of smoking is also prone to develop cervical cancer (cervical). Substances contained nicotine tobacco had a tendency to affect the mucous membranes in the body, including cervical mucus membrane (cervix), making it susceptible to cancer cells.

People with cervical cancer (cervical) usually women of childbearing age, never had sex, frequent change of sexual partners, mating in the relatively young age (not yet 17 years old) and many birth. In cases of cervical cancer (cervical), almost never occur in women who have never had sexual intercourse. However, women should routinely perform Pap smears after having sex once a year, or three months after giving birth to detect the presence or absence of precancerous / dysplasia.

Dysplasia or precancerous consists of three stages, namely mild, moderate and severe. From the stages of dysplasia to early-stage cancer, takes two years. To prove dysplasia after undergoing examination and Pap smear abnormalities found, then performed a biopsy, cancerous tissue is cut and taken for laboratory examination.

Regarding the symptoms of cervical cancer (cervical), at the stage of dysplasia to stage I, practically without complaint. New step on stage 1 A-3b there were complaints of patients, whereas in stage 4B cancer cells have spread to the brain and lungs. Cervical cancer (cervical), a disease that many women in Indonesia diidap

Prevention of cervical cancer can be done with skrinning and vaccination programs. In developed countries, this type of cancer cases has begun to decline thanks to a program of early detection through pap smears. HPV vaccine will be given to women ages 10 to 55 years by injection three times, ie at month zero, one, and six. From research conducted, it is evident that the immune response to work two times higher in young women aged 10 to 14 years than those aged 15 to 25 years....