CAN CERVICAL CANCER BE PREVENTED? P R E S E N T E D BY-
List of Topics • • • • •
What Is Cervical Cancer? What causes Cervical Cancer? Who develops cervical Cancer? How do you know if you have it? What’s the overall outlook?
Presentation
Precaution is better than Cure. In this Presentation, we will try to highlight everything that we should know about – How to prevent cervical cancer?
What Is Cervical Cancer?
When cells grow abnormally in a woman’s cervix, which connects her uterus with her vagina, it is called cervical cancer.
What causes Cervical Cancer?
Cervical Cancer is caused by infection with a type of virus called human papillomavirus (HPV). This is easily preventable with a vaccine.
Who develops cervical Cancer?
Anyone with a cervix can get cervical cancer. whether the individual is pregnant, post-menopausal, or is sexually inactive, they need to get the screening done.
Risk Factors of Cervical Cancer • Early sex – Sex before age 16 or soon after reaching puberty • Multiple sexual partners • Birth control pills for long periods • Smoking • Weak immune system • Suffering from a sexually transmitted disease (STD)
How do you know if you have it?
Early cervical cancer doesn’t usually cause symptoms, so you probably won’t realize you have it. That’s why it’s so important to get regular screening tests.
What’s the overall outlook? Cervical Cancer is a slow-growing, but life-threatening disease, if left undiagnosed. Thanks to modern-day screening techniques, you are more likely to discover precancerous cells that can be removed before they get the chance to develop into Cancer.
Take away
The key to defeat cervical cancer is early diagnosis and treatment.
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