Post Date April, 15 2023
The history of cervical cancer is very long, usually developing after about 10 years. Due to this characteristic, 95% of cervical cancer can be effectively prevented. Early detection of diseases and standardized treatment can completely prevent the development of cancer.
The high-risk groups popular for cervical cancer include
1. Women who engage in sexual activity prematurely, i.e. before the age of 18.
2. Women over 40 years old.
3. Women with multiple pregnancies, premature delivery, or long-term oral contraceptives.
4. A woman who has multiple sexual partners or a spouse who has multiple sexual partners.
5. Patients who have suffered from human papillomavirus, herpes simplex virus, HIV infection or other sexually transmitted diseases.
6. Women who smoke, take drugs, and suffer from malnutrition. Smoking women have a higher relative risk of cervical and ovarian cancer than non-smoking women. Passive smokers in households have a 2.5 times higher relative risk of developing cervical cancer compared to non passive smokers.
7. Women with long-term chronic cervicitis, cervical erosion, leukoplakia, cervical tear, or precancerous lesions.
8. Women who have sexual contact with men at high risk for penile and prostate cancer.
9. Severe atypical hyperplasia of the cervix.
10. Women who have never participated in cervical cancer screening.
To prevent cervical cancer, the first step is to understand the theory
1. Promote cancer prevention knowledge and carry out sexual health education.
2. Provide adolescent education and premarital education, promote health knowledge, pay attention to health care, and advocate for family planning and late marriage and childbirth.
3. Women with sexual activity, menstrual abnormalities, and bleeding during sexual intercourse should be alert to the possibility of cervical cancer.
4. Regularly conduct cervical cancer surveys once a year to achieve early detection, diagnosis, and treatment.
5. Women who have sexual intercourse should undergo routine cervical scraping examination at the gynecological clinic. If there are any abnormalities, further examination should be conducted.
6. Timely diagnosis and treatment of HPV infection and atypical hyperplasia (CIN) (CIN II or CIN III are precancerous lesions of cervical cancer) to prevent the occurrence of cervical cancer.
How to take care of your diet?
1. When cervical cancer patients have watery vaginal discharge, it is prohibited to eat raw and cold foods, fruits, cold foods, hard and difficult to digest foods that are sticky and have a strong odor. It is also prohibited to eat greasy foods.
2. Early cervical cancer generally has a relatively small impact on gastrointestinal function, with the focus on enhancing patients' disease resistance and immune function. Nutrients should be supplemented as much as possible, and protein, sugar, fat, vitamins, etc. can be consumed reasonably. This is something that should be noted in dietary care for cervical cancer patients.
3. In the advanced stage of cervical cancer, high protein and high calorie foods should be chosen, such as milk, eggs, beef, turtle, red beans, mung beans, fresh lotus roots, spinach, winter melon, apples, etc.
4. During chemotherapy, the diet is mainly to strengthen the spleen and kidney, and can be used with yam powder, job's tears Congee, animal liver, placenta, ass hide glue, turtle, agaric, medlar, lotus root, banana, etc. When experiencing digestive reactions such as nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite, use sugarcane juice, ginger juice, black plum, bananas, oranges, and other foods to nourish the spleen and stomach.
5. During radiation therapy, dietary adjustments mainly focus on nourishing blood and yin. When radiation therapy causes radiation cystitis and radiation proctitis, such as beef, pig liver, lotus root, agaric, spinach, celery, pomegranate, and water chestnuts, a diet with heat clearing, yin nourishing, and detoxifying effects should be given, such as watermelon, Job's tears, red beans, water chestnuts, lotus roots, spinach, etc.
