How to Prevent Cervical Cancer Naturally

Cervical cancer is the most frightening type of cancer, because this cancer ranked first for number of deaths for the sufferer. For women who do not have cervical cancer, find out how to prevent cervical cancer is the prudent thing to do.

Some preventive steps such as by not having sex with men who often have multiple sexual partners, avoid sexual intercourse at an early age, body health maintaining, perform pap smears regularly, and stop smoking.

Another thing you can do is increase the consumption of dark green and yellow vegetables that contain lots of beta carotene, vitamin C and E. You can also do HPV vaccination as a prevention and treatment of viral infections.

Not just a matter of cancer, reproductive health is essential for every woman, especially for those who have entered the age of sexual maturity.

Female reproductive organs, from the vagina to the uterus, is the most vulnerable to be exposed to a wide range of health problems. Therefore, the female reproductive organs must be maintained and cared for properly.

Disruption of the reproductive health of women is caused by many factors, including unhealthy diet, hygiene factors, and genetic factors may also be a trigger.

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About Cervical Cancer

Early detection by Pap smear every two years will be able to prevent attacks of cervical cancer, which is classified as malignant cancer.

"The growth of abnormal cells become cancerous is quite long. Therefore, patients who managed to detect it early can perform various actions to overcome them," said Dr. Indrawati Dardiri, Sp.OG from Premier Jatinegara Hospital, in Cervical Cancer & Women's Reproductive Health Seminar in Premier Jatinegara Hospital(4/5/2012).

Based on data from the World Health Organization (WHO), cervical cancer ranks top among the various types of cancer that causes death in women in the world. And Indonesia are the countries with the highest cervical cancer cases in the world.

"Every year more than 15.000 cases of cervical cancer detected in Indonesia, with about 8.000 of these cases end with the death," she said.

The main cause of cervical cancer caused by HPV (Human Papilloma Virus). This virus has more than 100 types that most of them are harmless and will disappear by itself.

Of the overall type, HPV 16 and 18 listed as a type of HPV virus that most dangerous. Another thing that can cause cervical cancer is abnormal cells on the cervix that could grow due to radiation exposure or contamination of chemicals that occur in a long time.

She also said that there is a relationship between smoking habits and increased risk of contracting cervical cancer. One study from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, published in the British Journal of Cancer 2001, prove that the substance of nicotine that enter into blood through the cigarette smoke can increase the possibility of the cervical neoplasia condition, or the abnormal growth of cells in the uterus which is the early development of cervical cancer. 

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Acetic Acid Therapy for Cervical Cancer Detection

Acetic acid was not only add savory flavor in dishes, but also useful as an early detection of cervical cancer that easy and inexpensive. Early detection of cervical cancer with acetic acid method is called IVA (Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid). This method has been introduced since 1925 by Hans Hinselman from Germany, but it was applied about 2005.

Health Ministry of Indonesia had already adopted it. This method is simple and inexpensive but also has a very high accuracy in detecting precancerous lesions or sores, which reached 90 percent.

Early detection by applying acetic acid 3-5 percent in the mouth of the womb (cervix), this should not only be done by a doctor, but can be practiced by trained personnel such as nurses at the clinic. And in about 60 seconds already can be seen if there are abnormalities, that is the emergence of a white plaque on the cervix. These white plaques may be alerted as precancerous lesions.

World Health Organization (WHO) has examined the application of the IVA in India, Thailand, and Zimbabwe. Its effectiveness was not lower than the pap smear.

In addition to the same performance with other tests and the results can be immediately known, IVA also offers other advantages, that is practical, requiring only simple tools, and affordable.

Inke Maris, a communications expert who is also cofounder of the Initiative Prevention of Cervical Cancer Indonesia (Ipkasi), said many health centers that can provide this IVA test, which cost about 15 thousand rupiahs ( US$ 1,60).

"In fact, some areas have already published a local regulation that sets the price is only five thousand rupiahs for the IVA examination," said Dr. Basalama Fatum, MKM, Head of Sub Directorate of Cancer. PPTM, Ministry of Health of Indonesia.

This therapy was short, about 5 minutes. Indeed, there is discomfort when undergoing this therapy. Most women feel the sensation of cold and a little cramping, or sometimes feel warm spread on the upper body and face.

Easily perform as well as treatment if it is found precancerous lesions, spurring See and Treat program increasingly being applied in a number of health centers. Expected with the IVA, will more and more women that reached by early detection of cervical cancer, so the incidence of these cancers may be reduced.    

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