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Worldwide, every two minutes one woman died of cervical cancer. So, no more focused on eye disease threat. Here are 13 that you have to understand cervical cancer.

1. What is cervical cancer?
Cervical cancer or cervical cancer is a type of cancer occurs in the neck. In other words, the uterus, at the bottom, the open part of the vagina lies. From the cervix, such as advanced stage play, this cancer can spread to other organs in the body.

2. How dangerous this disease?
World Health Organization (WHO) pointed out that cancer causes of death among women in cervical cancer in the world rankings. In Indonesia, more than 15,000 cases of cervical cancer each year, about 8,000 cases, which ended with death. According to WHO, Indonesia is a country the world’s highest cervical cancer. Why so dangerous? Group, appears as an enemy of cervical cancer in a blanket. This is a very difficult to detect until the disease has reached a mature stage.

3. What is the reason for this?
Cervical cancer caused by HPV (human papillomavirus). This virus has more than 100 kinds, most of which are harmless and will go away. Types of HPV viruses that cause cervical cancer HPV is the most deadly types 16 and 18. However, in addition to HPV virus, in the cervix can also increase due to exposure to radiation or chemical contamination, the long-term result of abnormal cells.

4. How is it spread?
HPV transmission can occur through sexual relations, mainly multiple sexual partners. The spread of this virus may occur either through genital to genital, oral to genital, genital or manual. Therefore, use of condoms during intercourse to prevent the spread of the virus less vulnerable to the impact of HPV. Because, not only through the fluid transport through the skin exposed to the virus inibisa action.
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How to detect women with HPV infection caused cervical cancer? And human papillomavirus infection symptoms are not visible, is not easy to observe. The easiest way to find to do a cervical cytology. Popular of these tests and Pap smear, or Pap smears from the Greek doctor who discovered this approach taken by George N. Papanicolaou. However, there is a lot of HPV infection and cervical cancer early detection of other methods are as follows:

* IVA Division
IVA Department is an abbreviation for visual inspection with acetic acid. Methods and cervical smear or cervical examination acetic acid. Then see if there are exceptions, such as white areas. If there is no color, then it can not be infected in the cervix. You can use a relatively low price health center. This is not only early detection can be done. If you see any suspicious signs, but other detection methods is more work to do.

* Pap smear
Pap smear detection methods, doctors usually scraper or brush to remove a small sample of cervical cells or cervical. Then, these cells will be in the laboratory for analysis. Tests can reveal whether there is infection, inflammation, or not normal cells. According to the World, regular smears reduced the number of deaths due to cervical cancer smear.

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