Aug 29 2008
Seven major risk factors for cervical cancer
Uterine cervix equivalent to the door, charged with the defense and guard functions. Because of the special status of the cervix, making it vulnerable to foreign bacteria, viruses, and childbirth, abortion, and so the trauma and cervical epithelial tissue of the special form of change, leading to inflammation of cervical epithelial easily have a tendency to malignant transformation.
Cause of cervical cancer has not yet completely clear, based on past statistics, the incidence of the following factors: sexual disorder (multiple性伴); early sexual life of production, prolific, with other STD (sexually transmitted diseases) ; Are receiving immunosuppressant therapy; smoking, drug addicts; cervical lesions, cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, uterine cancer or vulvar cancer, such as family history.
Premature sex life 16 years ago that sexual life, at its next reproductive tract development is not yet mature enough to carcinogenic factors to stimulate more sensitive, once infected with certain bacteria or virus, and a number of men in sexual relations boost The result of the development of cervical cancer. And not in unmarried mothers, the incidence of cervical cancer significantly lower. Many times the incidence of marriage is also factors. Man cervical cancer incidence is high-risk factors to the argument has been, where spouses have penile cancer, prostate cancer or wife has been suffering from cervical cancer are high-risk men, men with high-risk sexual contact with women, the risk of cervical cancer.
In recent years, found that some virus infection through sexual intercourse, such as herpes simplex virus type Ⅱ, human papillomavirus, human cytomegalovirus, and may have a certain relationship between the incidence of cervical cancer. Molecular Biology Research results show that more than 90 percent of cervical cancer associated with HPV infection.
Clinical manifestations of cervical cancer
Cervical cancer early may not have any discomfort, often in the physical examination, the census found. As the illness progress, the patient may appear abnormal vaginal bleeding.
Where any of the following women, should be promptly and regularly to the hospital for an examination.
Age over 35 years of married women, cervical erosion or cervical laceration of.
Leucorrhea increase.
Defecation bleeding after sexual intercourse or vaginal bleeding.
Irregular vaginal bleeding, especially in postmenopausal vaginal bleeding.
Long-term use of estrogen therapy.
Her husband foreskin is too long (due to a stimulation Bao Pigou the risk of cervical cancer).
Strongly recommended: the prevention of cervical cancer should not use the female condom to have sex too early!