Tips to maintain good cervical health
Dr. Sunil Eshwar, Lead Consultant - Laparoscopic Surgeon, Aster RV Hospital Cervical cancer is the 2nd most leading prevalent cancer in India. There are an estimated 123,000 new cases of cervical cancer in India every year with 67,000 deaths in women in India alone. Hence cervical health awareness is at most important. January of every
Dr. Sunil Eshwar, Lead Consultant – Laparoscopic Surgeon, Aster RV Hospital
Cervical cancer is the 2nd most leading prevalent cancer in India. There are an estimated 123,000 new cases of cervical cancer in India every year with 67,000 deaths in women in India alone. Hence cervical health awareness is at most important. January of every year is marked as the month of cervical cancer awareness month.
Recent studies shows that screening of cervical cancer reduces the disease incidence and disease mortality by 50% .Cervical Cancers can be prevented at the earliest by detecting the presence of HPV .Regular population based Screening is done using Pap smear cytology and it is accepted as the international screening Programmed .PAP smear screening helps in detecting the precancerous stages such as Low grade intraepithelial neoplasia, High grade Squamous intraepithelial neoplasia prevents from Cervical Cancer.
Cervical cancer usually takes many years to develop into an invasive disease and the mortality rate is low when it is detected in early stages. With the discovery of HPV infections and prophylactic vaccinations it is now possible to prevent cervical cancer in much earlier stages.
Simple ways to maintain cervical health
Regular testing –ACOG recommends all women at the least age of 21 should start with cervical cancer screening (even if they aren't sexually active), if age is less than 30yrs then likely to be tested for cervical cancer every alternative year, if aged more…
