Symptoms and Characteristics of Cervical Cancer

Cervical cancer or cervical cancer is the leading cause of death for women in developing countries. Particularly in Indonesia there are over 15,000 cases of cervical cancer each year, making Indonesia's cervical cancer referred to as women's no. 1 killer disease.

Symptoms and Characteristics of Cervical Cancer

The high cervical cancer cases in Indonesia to make the WHO declared Indonesia as the country with the largest number of cervical cancer sufferers in the world. While most cases of the disease with cervical cancer is second only to breast cancer.

Given the cancer of the cervix is very deadly, presumably important to know the symptoms and characteristics of cervical cancer, because if the disease is found at an early stage (as fast as possible) then hope his recovery any higher. 

Be something difficult, where one may not experience any symptoms but it is central to have cervical cancer. How not, cervical cancer at early stages is usually does not cause symptoms and characteristics of any kind. Along with the development of cervical cancer, symptoms and signs may be found here:

1. vaginal bleeding after 5ex
2. between periods or after menopause is watery
3. bloody vaginal discharge which may be heavy and have a foul smell pelvic pain or pain during intercourse

That's the General characteristics of cervical cancer. However, because not all people who have cervical cancer experience signs and symptoms, then to find out whether a person is at risk of having cervical cancer or central required an examination of screening or screening.

Screening is very useful, because if cervical cancer is detected at an early stage, treatment will be more likely to succeed. Screening for cervical cancer and the change of the pre-cancer usually begins at the age of 21 years.

A variety of Screening for cervical cancer include:

Pap smear test.

During a Pap smear tests, the doctor will take a sample of cervical cells with a special brush then acquired sample sent to the laboratory of PA (anatomical pathology) to review whether there is any abnormality. Pap Smear test can detect abnormal cells on the cervix, including cancer cells and cells that show changes (dysplasia) that increase the risk of cervical cancer.

HPV DNA Testing.

If you are aged 30 years or more, doctors can also use laboratory tests called HPV DNA test to determine if you are infected with one of the types of HPV that are most likely to cause cervical cancer. As with any test, Pap Smear HPV DNA tests also involve taking a sample of cells from the cervix for testing laboratories.

If you are experiencing signs and symptoms of cervical cancer or if the Pap test has revealed the cancer cells, you may undergo further examination to diagnose cervical cancer. To enforce a diagnosis of cervical cancer, the following steps are required:

1. Cervical examination
2. Cone biopsy
3. Imaging tests
4. Visual examination against the bladder and rectum

Staging cervical cancer include:

• Stadium I. Cancer is limited to the cervix.
• Stadium II. At this stage the cancer include cervical and vaginal but has not spread to the pelvic side wall or the lower part of the vagina.
• Stage III. At this stage the cancer has spread beyond the cervix into the wall of the pelvis and lower part of the vagina.
• Stage IV. At this stage, the cancer has spread to nearby organs, such as the bladder or rectum, or has spread to other areas of the body, such as the lungs, liver and bones.

So, the summary regarding the features of cervical cancer may you increasingly concerned with your health especially for women.

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