Consider these 5 things, so that women avoid from cervical cancer

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Cervical cancer or cervical cancer is often known as is one type of cancer is difficult to detect because it does not show symptoms in the early stages. You need to consider several things to prevent and reduce the risk of cervical cancer.

Most cases of cervical cancer is usually found when the condition was quite severe. When cervical cancer has progressed, the body will give signs such as unusual bleeding or bleeding after sex and an abnormal discharge from the vagina.

There are several ways to prevent the development of cervical cancer and reduce the risk of cervical cancer, as reported by onlymyhealth, Monday (12/31/2012), among others:

1. HPV immunization
HPV immunization can prevent the risk of HPV in women. Gardasil HPV Vaccination as approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended for young girls before sexually active.

2. Safe sex
Doing a safe sex is one of the basic things that must be followed in order to prevent a woman from cervical cancer. It can keep you from sexually transmitted diseases such as human papillomavirus (HPV).

Cervical cancer can be caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), which most people do not realize that he had been infected. Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) has more than 40 subtypes and affects male and female genitals or the surrounding area. Infection can also cause genital warts.

3. Not mutually sex partners
Women who have many sexual partners are at a higher risk of cervical cancer. Mutually sexual partners may also increase the risk of developing HPV.

4. Doing regularly pap tests
Cervical cancer can be identified early by routine Pap tests, to see if there are changes in the cells of the cervix that might be due to the growth of cancer cells. You can start to do a pap test at age 30 years and routinely every year in women over the age of 65 years.

5. Stop smoking
Smoking has been shown to increase the risk of some cancers, including cervical cancer. Women who smoke or exposure to secondhand smoke have a greater likelihood of developing cervical dysplasia than other women to avoid exposure to secondhand smoke.

Source:  Onlymyhealth