Keep in mind, the mouth of womb cancer or known by the name of cancer serviks is the biggest cause of death in women in developing countries, and each year about a quarter million women die due to this disease. According to the Ministry of Health estimates, in indonesia at this time there are around 100 cases per 100 thousand population or 200 thousand cases each year. In addition, more than 70 percent of cases that come to the hospital found in the stadium go.
What is the mouth of womb cancer?
The mouth of womb cancer is the growth of cells mouth womb / serviks of abnormal cells in which this change displasia or lead towards violence. Cancer is the only women who had or are now in a sexually active status. Never found a woman who had never had sexual relations do have this cancer. This cancer usually attacks the woman who has aged, most especially in women aged 35-55 years. However, it is not impossible that young women can also suffer this disease, have provided that the risk factors.
What are the risk factors that can affect a woman is exposed to this cancer?
The exact cause of the change normal cells into the mouth of the womb as a malignant cell is not known exactly. However, there are several factors that can affect these changes, among others:
1) first sexual relationship at the early age (age <16>
2) often take turns pairing (multipatner sex).
3) infection of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) types 16 and 18. Research shows that 10-30% of women at the age of 30'an years had suffered from sexually active HPV infections (including infections in the vulva). This percentage is increasing when the woman has many sexual pairings. In most cases, HPV infections progress and no symptoms are settling.
The two factors above are also associated with HPV infection. More and more couples take turns tertularnya the HPV infection is also high. Similarly, cells exposed to the mouth of the womb have a certain pH with sperm-sperm that have a pH that is different on multipatner can stimulate the change towards displasia.
4) infection Simpleks Herpes Virus (HSV) type 2
5) women who bear children more than 3 times
6) women smoking, as it can lower the body resistance.