Contents:
- Medical Video: Cervical Cancer Symptoms | Bleeding | Vaginal Discharge | Pelvic Pain | Pain During Intercourse
- Abnormal vaginal discharge can be a feature of cervical cancer
- Factors that increase your risk of cervical cancer
- How to reduce the risk of cervical cancer?
Medical Video: Cervical Cancer Symptoms | Bleeding | Vaginal Discharge | Pelvic Pain | Pain During Intercourse
Leucorrhoea is a clear fluid that comes out of the vagina. Generally, vaginal discharge is a normal thing that happens to every woman. This liquid actually helps cleanse the vagina to keep the vagina clean and healthy, and provides lubricants and protects the vagina from infection and irritation. However, this vaginal discharge can be dangerous if it comes out abnormally. Even excessive or abnormal vaginal discharge can be a feature of cervical cancer. How can? Here's the review.
Abnormal vaginal discharge can be a feature of cervical cancer
Leucorrhoea is more common during stress, pregnancy, or sexual activity. However, you need to be vigilant if the vaginal discharge that occurs is abnormal vaginal discharge.
The mark is quite easy, abnormal vaginal discharge can be seen from the color, consistency, volume, and smell that is not as usual. In addition, there are other symptoms that are experienced, before or together or after discharge. Abnormal vaginal discharge is usually caused by infection and non-infection. Non-infectious causes are usually associated with the presence of foreign objects or other diseases, such as cervical cancer.
Leucorrhoea is not normal can be a sign that someone has cervical cancer. This can be early symptoms of cervical cancer. This leucorrhoea can occur from pure white to slightly brownish, foul-smelling, runny, and also mixed with blood.
If you feel the vaginal discharge that you feel starts abnormally, you should immediately consult a doctor to get the right diagnosis, so that you can immediately get the right treatment before vaginal discharge becomes increasingly out of control.
Factors that increase your risk of cervical cancer
There are several risk factors that can increase a person's chances of developing cervical cancer. Here are some risk factors for cervical cancer:
- Having sex with multiple partners or being unsafe can increase the risk of HPV infection.
- Smoke.
- Chlamydial infection.
- Lack of fruit and vegetable consumption or having an unhealthy diet.
- Excess weight (obesity)
- Heredity factor.
- Age. Women under the age of 15 have the lowest risk of this cancer. While the risk is increasing in women aged over 40 years.
How to reduce the risk of cervical cancer?
There are several ways you can avoid infection with the HPV virus, namely:
- HPV vaccination. If you are between the ages of 9-45, this is probably the best way to protect yourself from infection with the HPV virus. At the age of children and adolescents, the body's response in forming antibodies is the best. The HPV vaccine can strengthen your body's immunity against the HPV virus.
- Conduct a Pap smear test. You can see changes that occur in the cells in your cervix with do a Pap smear. Thus, abnormal cells that can lead to cervical cancer can be detected early and can be prevented. Talk to your doctor how often you have to do a Pap smear based on your age and medical condition.
- Have safe sex. The HPV virus spreads through sexual contact. So, it is highly recommended that you always have safe sex, such as always using a condom and not changing partners.
- Do not smoke. Women who smoke have a greater risk of developing cervical cancer.
- Maintain vaginal hygiene to avoid various infections.
