What are the methods to prevent cervical cancer

How to prevent cervical cancer? With the continuous improvement of medical and health care conditions and the widespread implementation of women's census, the incidence of cervical cancer has dropped significantly, especially advanced cervical cancer has become less and less common. The results of epidemiological studies on cervical cancer show that marital and childbearing factors, cervical erosion, smegma, sexual behavior, sexually transmitted diseases and viral infections are risk factors for cervical cancer.

To address these risk factors, you can take the following preventive measures:

1. Regular gynecological examinations and cervical TCT examinations should be performed regularly. If abnormal cervical TCT is found, further treatment should be performed.

2. Pay attention to health care during menstruation and pregnancy and postpartum period, develop good hygiene habits, and reduce or prevent the occurrence of cervicitis.

3. Actively treat chronic cervicitis, especially those with long-term leucorrhea or abnormal vaginal bleeding, should go to the hospital for examination immediately and take effective treatment measures

4. Use new methods to avoid cervical laceration during delivery or abortion. Once a laceration occurs, it should be sutured surgically.

5. Anyone who needs to have both ovaries removed due to some gynecological disease should have their hysterectomy removed at the same time. Unless absolutely necessary, a subtotal hysterectomy is generally not advisable to avoid the occurrence of residual cervical cancer.

6. Advocate for late marriage and fewer children

Early symptoms of cervical cancer are often a small amount of bleeding after sexual intercourse or irregular menstruation or vaginal bleeding after menopause. Examination will reveal that the surface of the cervix is ​​smooth or eroded, hard, and easy to bleed. In the early stages of cervical cancer, which is confined to the cervix and has not yet spread to other surrounding tissues, patients do not find early symptoms of cervical cancer. As the disease progresses and the tumor gradually grows, the patient will have more vaginal discharge. If the cancerous tissue is necrotic or infected, it will discharge more foul-smelling vaginal discharge mixed with blood; symptoms of late-stage cervical cancer include increased bleeding, and even fatal hemorrhage due to erosion of larger blood vessels.

What women should pay attention to in preventing cervical cancer:

1. To prevent cervical cancer, we must first recognize the early symptoms of cervical cancer and detect and treat the disease as early as possible.

Abnormal vaginal bleeding. The most common type is contact bleeding, which is bleeding caused by contact with the cervix after sexual intercourse or after a gynecological examination. The amount of bleeding is small in the early stage, and the lesions are larger in the late stage, showing heavy bleeding. Some young patients may also show prolonged menstruation, shortened cycle, increased menstrual flow, etc.

Increased vaginal discharge. It is white or bloody, thin and watery or rice water-like, with a fishy odor. In the late stage, due to secondary infection, there is a large amount of purulent or rice water-like foul-smelling leucorrhea.

2. Menopausal women who have abnormal menstruation or bleeding after sexual intercourse should be alert to the possibility of reproductive tract cancer and actively carry out cervical cancer screening.

3. Advocate late marriage and fewer children. If the man suffers from problems such as foreskin being too long, he should be diagnosed and treated as soon as possible to avoid inducing cervical cancer in women. In addition, sexual life should be moderate. Too many sexual partners and too frequent sexual life can induce cervical cancer.

4. Prevent and treat cervical inflammatory diseases such as cervical erosion, polyps, condyloma and leukoplakia.

5. Avoiding smoking can prevent cervical cancer. Smoking can increase the incidence of invasive cervical cancer, especially squamous cell carcinoma. Smokers have low vitamin C intake in their diet, which increases the risk of cervical cancer. At the same time, long-term smoking can weaken the body's protective factors.