Are women who smoke more likely to develop cervical cancer? Can cervical cancer be cured?

Many people are afraid to hear about cervical cancer. So they all want to know about cervical cancer. Only by knowing about cervical cancer can they treat it in time. So what are the early symptoms of cervical cancer? Let's have a specific understanding.

What are the early symptoms of cervical cancer?

If cervical cancer can be detected, diagnosed and treated early, the cure rate is relatively high. However, not all early cervical cancers have detectable signs. In particular, many cases of carcinoma in situ were found during the census. However, some cases have the following early manifestations, which should be paid special attention to.

(1) Contact bleeding: It may be the only early sign. It refers to a small amount of vaginal bleeding after sexual intercourse, gynecological examination, and defecation in patients with constipation. Since this symptom can also be seen in cervical erosion and cervical polyps, it is easy to be ignored.

(2) Irregular vaginal bleeding after menopause: Bleeding in menopausal women is painless and not easily noticed by patients.

(3) Increased vaginal discharge: commonly known as increased leucorrhea. It can occur before or after signs of contact bleeding. In the past, people emphasized that the color of leucorrhea of ​​cervical cancer patients was like a leaking thatched house and had a strong fishy smell, but in fact, leucorrhea is a sign of advanced cervical cancer. Leucorrhea of ​​early cervical cancer usually does not have these characteristics.

When patients find the above early symptoms, they should take the initiative to go to the hospital to see an obstetrician and gynecologist or oncologist for examination and perform a cervical coating (scraping) test. This method is simple and easy to use, and has high diagnostic accuracy. However, patients should be careful not to have sexual intercourse within 24 hours before the examination, and avoid vaginal examination, irrigation and medication.

Who is prone to cervical cancer?

Frequent sex: There are many external factors for cervical cancer, but they are mainly related to marriage and sex. Early marriage, early childbearing, frequent sexual intercourse, multiple births, cervical ulcers, sex hormone disorders, energy impact, etc. can induce cervical cancer. Therefore, the professor recommends having sex twice a week.

Marriage: The easiest patients with cervical cancer are married women, women who have given birth too many children, and women who have sexual activity too early, even though they are unmarried.

Repeated pregnancy: As the number of pregnancies increases, the incidence of cervical cancer increases. The incidence of cervical cancer in women who give birth to more than 7 children is more than 10 times that of women who give birth to more than 7 children with 1 to 2 more fetuses.

Smoking women: The incidence of cervical cancer in smoking women and ex-smokers is higher than that in women who have never smoked. 7% and 0.7%, respectively. The more you smoke, the higher the incidence.

Unhealthy lifestyle: Unhealthy lifestyle is also a factor in the infection and development of cervical cancer. Cervical cancer is related to cervical ulceration, laceration and eversion. Due to the physiological and anatomical reasons of the cervix itself, it is more susceptible to various physical, chemical and biological factors, including tissue, hormones and viruses. It is particularly important to note that women with cervical ulceration have a higher incidence of cervical cancer.

Can cervical cancer be cured?

Generally speaking, the earlier cancer is discovered, the higher the cure rate. It can be seen that for malignant tumors such as cervical cancer, early detection and timely treatment are of great significance. However, since the early symptoms of cervical cancer are not obvious, they are often easily ignored by patients, leading to further development of the disease.

What is advanced cervical cancer: Advanced cervical cancer is caused by the increase of tumors, which may cause various compression symptoms. Pain is one of the common compression symptoms, secondary symptoms, and lesions affecting the pelvic connective tissue, etc.

How to treat advanced cervical cancer: Generally speaking, most advanced cervical cancers have metastasized and cannot be surgically removed. Clinically, the treatment of advanced cervical cancer mainly relies on drug therapy, including chemotherapy and traditional Chinese medicine. It can also be combined with traditional Chinese medicine treatment according to the situation of radiotherapy, which can play a role in reducing toxicity.

Although radiotherapy and chemotherapy are often used for cervical cancer and other cancers, we should also consider the toxicity and side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy on the human body. Therefore, in the treatment of advanced cervical cancer, on the one hand, the toxicity of radiotherapy and chemotherapy is reduced, symptoms are reduced, and on the other hand, the patient's immunity and disease resistance are improved, and the quality of life is improved.

For patients with advanced cervical cancer who have a wide range of metastasis, weak physical function, and difficulty in chemotherapy, conservative treatment with traditional Chinese medicine can be used. Although the short-term effect is not obvious, the long-term effect is good and has a significant effect on improving the quality of life and prolonging survival.