But women have antibodies in their organisms who can fight the HPV virus before it transforms the cells into cancerogenic cells. However, the risk for getting it is higher if you:
- Smoke
- Have given birth to many children
- Use birth control regularly
- Have the HIV virus
Even though medicine is very accurate in finding this type of cancer, there is still a risk. “The American Cancer Society estimated that about 12,900 women in the United States would be diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer in 2015 and about 4,100 would die from it”.
Here are the most commonly noted signs of cervical cancer, according to patients who already have it:
- Bleeding after s*x
- Bleeding after menopause
- Bleeding between periods (this doesn’t involve women with irregular menstrual periods)
- Bleeding after douching
- Bleeding after a pelvic exam
- Having heavier menstrual periods than usual
- Having longer lasting menstrual periods than usual
- Unusual and often va*inal discharge
- Painful s*xual intercourse
- Pelvic pain
What’s to be done to prevent getting cervical cancer?
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