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Cervical Cancer Signs and Symptoms
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About CERVICAL cancer
  • The cervix is located at the bottom part of a
    womens uterus organ which connects the uterus
    and the vagina. Age plays a major role in this
    type of cancer, where the cervical cancer age
    occurs in women who are in their mid-50s in most
    of the cases. There are some precancerous changes
    in the cervix that can also occur in the 20s or
    30s, but it can be prevented if detected early
    with appropriate treatment and care.

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Causes of Cervical Cancer
  • Cigarette smoking is one of the causes of
    cervical cancer in women. The smokers are three
    to five times more at risk to this cancer than
    the non-smokers.
  • Oral contraceptives or pill intake for a
    prolonged period like 5 years or above may cause
    the risk of developing these cervical cancers.
  • Human papillomavirus (HPV), a virus which may
    lead to abnormal changes in the cervical cells
    leading to the cancerous growth at the later
    change. If there is early sexual contact soon
    after puberty like at the age of 16 or multiple
    sex partners or abnormal skin disorders like skin
    warts, genital warts are some of the high-risk
    factors for cervical cancer growth at later
    years.

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Symptoms
  • Generally, cervical cancer is one of the cancer
    types which does not show any obvious symptoms at
    the early stage. Since it is a slowly progressing
    disease some patients will not know until it has
    come to the dangerous stage. However, performing
    regular pap smear test according to the womens
    age is the best detection method to check any
    cancerous growth at the early stage, diabetes
    symptoms, signs of type 1 diabetes, exercise for
    diabetes

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common symptoms
  • Vaginal bleeding other than the menstrual period,
    especially after menopause.
  • General pain in and around the pelvic region.
  • Fluid discharge.
  • Sometimes kidney failure leads to abnormality in
    the cervical cells as well.

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Treatment
  • Depending upon the cervical cancer stages the
    treatment plan varies accordingly. Stage 0 is the
    least risk stage whereas the final stage is the
    stage IV which is known as the metastatic disease
    and it is the life-threatening stage. So many
    factors like size, the degree of the spread and
    the depth of the cancerous cells determine each
    stage.
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