Pay attention to regular gynecological examination to keep away from cervical disease

  Modern women, whether they can achieve regular gynecological checkups is not a matter of economy but a matter of health concept. Especially young women are often blindly confident about their own bodies, thinking that diseases, especially malignant tumors, are still far away from them, not knowing that the high incidence age of cervical cancer has advanced by 10 years compared with 20 years ago, which is the current “red-faced killer” threatening women’s health. Every year, there are 500,000 new cases of cervical cancer and more than 200,000 deaths worldwide, 1/3 of which occur in China.  Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is now recognized as the main cause of cervical cancer at home and abroad, and more than 90% of cervical cancers are associated with persistent high-risk HPV infection. The secondary causative factors include early sexual intercourse, multiple births, multiple sexual partners, smoking, other viral infections, malnutrition, low immune function, etc. The development process of high-risk HPV infection → cervical precancer → early invasive cancer → invasive cancer is 10 years on average. If cervical precancerous lesions are treated in time, the occurrence of cervical cancer can be stopped, cervical carcinoma in situ can be completely cured, and the cure rate of early invasive carcinoma can reach 98%, however, the chance of survival will be greatly reduced after reaching invasive carcinoma. Therefore, whether it can be cured or not depends mainly on the early or late detection.  However, cervical cancer is a “painless danger zone” in women’s body, which can be asymptomatic in early stage or only have increased leucorrhea, and in late stage, irregular vaginal bleeding, foul-smelling leucorrhea and painful symptoms. Therefore, regular health checkups are the key to prevention and early detection. Routine gynecological examination, HPV test + liquid-based cytology (LCT) is the most effective screening tool for cervical cancer. All women who have been sexually active for more than three years or over 21 years old should be screened once a year, and the timing of follow-up examinations should be determined under the guidance of a doctor.  Cervical cancer is the main danger that threatens women’s health and life at present. It can be said that it is an infectious disease, a preventable and curable disease. Active prevention and early diagnosis and treatment keep you away from it and make your life better.