What causes cervical cancer? What are the symptoms of cervical cancer?

For female friends, they are prone to some gynecological diseases. Among the many gynecological diseases, cervical cancer is a disease that they should avoid. In recent years, it is not uncommon for women to die due to the occurrence of cervical cancer. Therefore, many women are very scared when talking about cervical cancer, because they are worried that if they have cervical cancer, they will actually have some symptoms when cervical cancer occurs. If it can be detected in time in the early stage, the probability of life-threatening in the later stage will be reduced.

How is cervical cancer caused?

1. Viral infection

Cervical cancer is mostly caused by direct contact with the HPV virus. There are many places in life where you may come into contact with clothes carrying the virus, and sometimes the virus enters the cervix.

2. Sexual activity too early

Studies have found that if a woman starts having sex at a young age, she is more likely to develop cervical cancer.

3. Other factors

Malnutrition, decreased resistance and poor hygiene conditions make it very easy for women to get infected by viruses, which can cause them to develop cervical cancer.

What symptoms occur when cervical cancer occurs?

1. Abnormal leucorrhea

Abnormal vaginal discharge is the most common symptom of cervical cancer. When cervical cancer occurs, women's vaginal discharge will be bloody, and most women will mistake this phenomenon for vaginitis, causing the disease to be ignored.

2. Menstrual bleeding

If you are a menopausal woman and you have irregular vaginal bleeding or sudden menstruation after menopause, you should be careful as it may be cervical cancer.

3. Sexual Bleeding

When cervical cancer occurs, if a woman has sex, vaginal bleeding will occur. Therefore, if vaginal bleeding is found during sex, be alert when excluding uterine polyps, as it may be cervical cancer.

Relatively speaking, women should have a clear understanding of the above-mentioned early symptoms of cervical cancer. If they find themselves with these symptoms, they should check in time. In addition, in daily life, they should not think that cervical cancer is far away from them. If they can strengthen preventive measures in daily life, they can better prevent it, especially women, who can help prevent cervical cancer by injecting cervical cancer vaccines. Sun Yat-sen University Prevention of Cervical Cancer. Yang Yuebo, chief physician of the Department of Gynecology at the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, said in an interview that the current injection of cervical cancer vaccines can play an effective preventive role and can also prevent precancerous lesions. However, it should be noted that cervical cancer vaccines can only help prevent cervical cancer caused by certain viruses, and cannot prevent 100%. Therefore, women also need to take other preventive measures and conduct regular cervical cytology examinations every year.

Generally speaking, the occurrence of cervical cancer is closely related to some daily habits of women. If women do not pay attention to vaginal hygiene and do not take other preventive measures, the probability of cervical cancer will increase, especially after entering a certain age, women should pay attention.