Cervical Cancer Vaccination

Cervical Cancer Vaccination Dr Vaishali Paliwal is a practising Gyne Oncologist in Max Saket Superspeciality hospital, New Delhi.

2. ๐†๐š๐ซ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Ÿ— - US based Merck VaccinesโฃโฃIts a vaccine indicated for women from the age of ๐Ÿ— - ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ“ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ, for the prevent...
27/09/2024

2. ๐†๐š๐ซ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Ÿ— - US based Merck Vaccinesโฃ
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Its a vaccine indicated for women from the age of ๐Ÿ— - ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ“ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ, for the prevention of cervical, vulvar, va**nal, a**l, oropharyngeal & other head and neck cancers, precancerous lesions caused by the ๐‡๐๐• ๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–, ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘, ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ“, ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ– & ge***al warts caused by ๐‡๐๐• ๐Ÿ” & ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ.โฃ
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The ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐†๐š๐ซ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Ÿ— ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐š๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ when compared to Gardasil 4. The data for head and neck cancers is still awaited but approval was accelerated based on the efficacy of the vaccine in prevention of anoge***al precancer & cancer.โฃ
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๐†๐š๐ซ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Ÿ— should be administered in the following scheduleโฃ
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1. ๐Ÿ— - ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ - 2 dose schedule, the second dose has to be administered at least 6-12 months after the first dose.โฃ
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2. ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ - ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ“ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ - 3 dose schedule, at 0, 2 & 6 months. โฃ
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It's available easily. Cervical cancer screening has to be continued despite vaccination as there is a small chance that you could still get cervical cancer.

๐‡๐๐• ๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐š๐Ÿ. ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ฏ๐š๐œ - ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐š๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ž ๐‡๐๐• ๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž by the ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐š, ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ž. Approv...
24/09/2024

๐‡๐๐• ๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐š

๐Ÿ. ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ฏ๐š๐œ - ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐š๐ง ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ž ๐‡๐๐• ๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž by the ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐š, ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ž. Approved for both girls & boys from the ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ— ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ, Cervavac is priced relatively lower than its international counterparts. ๐€๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐‘๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ž.

Its a ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ HPV vaccine, which means it protects against 4 types of ๐‡๐๐• ๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ (๐Ÿ”,๐Ÿ๐Ÿ,๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” & ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–)

Indicated in girls & women 9 - 26 years, for the ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง of the following diseases

1. ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ, ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ, ๐ฏ๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ & ๐š๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ - caused by HPV 16 & 18
2. Ge***al warts - caused by HPV 6 & 11

Indicated in ๐›๐จ๐ฒ๐ฌ & men 9 - 26 years, for the prevention of the following diseases

1. ๐€๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ - ๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐‡๐๐• ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” & ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–
2. Ge***al warts - caused by 6 & 11

๐ƒ๐จ๐ฌ๐š๐ ๐ž

๐Ÿ— - ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ - 2 dose schedule (0 & 6 months)
๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ & ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฏ๐ž - 3 dose schedule (0,2 & 6 months)

The second dose should be given at least one month after the first dose, & the this dose at least 3 months after the second dose. ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐›๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐, which means even if u miss a dose, u can complete the whole schedule in a year.

The ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ and efficacy of the vaccine has been established by a randomised controlled ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ.

The ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž generated by ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ฏ๐š๐œ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐†๐š๐ซ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Ÿ’, and was found to have ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ซ titres of antibodies that were generated against the HPV subtypes. There was no difference in the vaccine related adverse effects.

๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ (๐‡๐๐•) ๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐žโฃโฃThe ๐‡๐๐• ๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž helps protect ๐š๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐ฉ๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ (๐‡๐๐•). It's recommended for ch...
24/09/2024

๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ (๐‡๐๐•) ๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐žโฃ
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The ๐‡๐๐• ๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž helps protect ๐š๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐ฉ๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ (๐‡๐๐•). It's recommended for children aged ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฅ๐ and people at higher risk from HPV.โฃ
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๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐๐• ๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ?โฃ
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HPV vaccine reduces your chances of getting human papilloma virus (HPV), a common virus that's ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ (usually s*xually transmitted).โฃ
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Most types of HPV are harmless. But some types are linked to an increased risk of certain types of cancer โฃ
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- ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซโฃ
- Mouth cancerโฃ
- A**l cancerโฃ
- Pe**le cancerโฃ
- ๐•๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซโฃ
- ๐•๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซโฃ
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HPV can also cause ge***al warts.โฃ
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๐–๐ก๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž?โฃ
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The vaccine is recommended for children aged 12-13 years old and is approved for women upto the age of 45 years. โฃ
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๐–๐ก๐จ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž?โฃ
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Most people who are eligible for the HPV vaccine can have it. You only cannot have the vaccine if you have had a ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง to a previous dose of the vaccine, or an ingredient in the vaccine.โฃ
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Vaccine is not harmful if your are pregnant, but better to wait until no longer pregnant before having the vaccine.โฃ
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You ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž the HPV vaccine ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐๐ข๐ง๐ .โฃ
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๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐๐• ๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ง?โฃ
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The HPV vaccine is given as ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ.โฃ
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The ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐š๐ ๐ž and how well your immune system works. The schedule for the vaccine may vary with the vaccine brand. โฃ
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๐’๐ข๐๐ž ๐ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐๐• ๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž?โฃ
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The most common side effects of the HPV vaccine are mild, and do not last long.โฃ
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They can include :โฃ
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- swelling or painโฃ
- Headacheโฃ
- a high temperatureโฃ
- Dizzinessโฃ
- Feeling sickโฃ
- Tirednessโฃ
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More serious side effects such as a ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ž. โฃ
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๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐๐• ๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ?โฃ
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The HPV vaccine ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‡๐๐•. โฃ
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Since the vaccine has been introduced, there has been a ๐›๐ข๐  ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ in the number of young people getting conditions linked to HPV, such as cervical cancer and ge***al warts. โฃ
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Research suggests, over the next decade, HPV vaccine will help save thousands of lives.โฃ
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๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ โฃ
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It's ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ to ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  appointments if you have been vaccinated for HPV, ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž'๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ. โฃ

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง?โฃโฃThe result will tell you whether any abnormal changes were found in the cells of y...
24/09/2024

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง?โฃ
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The result will tell you whether any abnormal changes were found in the cells of your cervix or not, and whether HPV was found in your sample.โฃ
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Most people will ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐‡๐๐• - this means your ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค for cervical cancer is very ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ, you will be ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ ๐š๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ‘-๐Ÿ“ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ.โฃ
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If ๐‡๐๐• ๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ in your sample, then depending upon the cell changes, there are two possibilitiesโฃ
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1. Repeat testing in one yearโฃ
2. To do a ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐œ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฒ (to take a closer look at your cervix)โฃ
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๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญโฃ
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Having a positive HPV result does not mean your partner has had contact with someone else, while you have been together. โฃ
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You can still have HPV if you are not s*xually active or not have had a new partner in many years.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ?โฃโฃ1. You will need to undress behind a screen from the wai...
24/09/2024

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ?โฃ
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1. You will need to undress behind a screen from the waist down, and will be given a sheet to cover yourself.โฃ
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2. The nurse will ask you to lie on your back, usually with your legs bent, feet together and knees apart. โฃ
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3. Gently a ๐ญ๐ฎ๐›๐ž ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ (๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ) will be inserted into your va**na. A small amount of ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง๐ญ will be used to ease the process.โฃ
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4. Speculum will opened to visualise the cervix.โฃ
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5. Using a ๐ฌ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐›๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก, sample of the cells of the cervix will be taken.โฃ
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6. After that an internal examination may be done to confirm the size and shape of your womb (uterus).โฃ
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7. You will given ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐ฒ to get dressed.โฃ
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๐€๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ฌ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ.

๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐žโฃโฃ1. ๐…๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐‡๐๐• early means ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐›๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ for abnormal cell changes.โฃโฃ2. ๐€๐›๐ง๐จ๐ซ...
24/09/2024

๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐žโฃ
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1. ๐…๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐‡๐๐• early means ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐›๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ for abnormal cell changes.โฃ
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2. ๐€๐›๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐›๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ so that they do not get a chance to turn into cervical cancer โฃ
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3. Cervical cancer ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  is a choice, try not to put off screening as its the ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซโฃ
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4. Contact your nearest health care professional for information regarding ๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž, according to the latest data, has been successful in reducing the burden of cervical cancer.

๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ โฃโฃCervical screening consists of a ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ, is a test to check the health of the cervix, & h...
24/09/2024

๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ โฃ
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Cervical screening consists of a ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ, is a test to check the health of the cervix, & help prevent cervical cancer. It's offered to women and people with a cervix aged ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ - ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ’ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ.โฃ
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๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ?โฃ
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- ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง should go for cervical screeningโฃ

- Cervix is the opening from your womb to your va**naโฃ

- Its not a test for cancer, ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซโฃ

- During the screening appointment, a small sample of cells will be taken from your cervix. These are called '๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค' ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ž๐ฌ of ๐‡๐๐• viruses โฃ

- If these types of HPV viruses are not found, you generally do not need further testsโฃ

- Along with this, the sample is checked for any ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ in your cervix. These can be treated before they get a chance to turn into cervical cancer.d before they get a chance to turn into cervical cancer.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ? (๐‡๐๐•)โฃโฃ๐‡๐๐• - very common group of viruses. They do not cause problems in most of the peopl...
23/09/2024

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ? (๐‡๐๐•)โฃ
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๐‡๐๐• - very common group of viruses. They do not cause problems in most of the people, but they do cause ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ & ๐œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ in susceptible individuals.โฃ
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๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐๐• ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง?โฃ
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HPV does not usually cause symptoms. Most people who have it, do not realise & do not have symptoms.โฃ
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But sometimes, the virus can cause painless lumps or growths around your va**na, p***s or a**s. (๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ).โฃ
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๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐‡๐๐• ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐?โฃ
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HPV affects mouth, throat or ge***als. They are ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก.โฃ
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You do not need to have penetrative s*x & condoms may not be 100% protective as ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ญ is sufficient for transmission.โฃ
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๐‡๐๐• ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ. Most people have it & do not realise it. It's very common. Most people will have HPV infection at some point of their lifetime.โฃ
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๐‚๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‡๐๐•?โฃ
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Most of the time HPV does not cause any problems.โฃ
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In some people, some types of HPV can causeโฃ
- Ge***al wartsโฃ
- Abnormal changes in the cells that can sometimes turn into cancerโฃ
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HPV types linked to cancer are called ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ž๐ฌ. โฃ
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๐‚๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ linked to high risk types includeโฃ
- ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซโฃ
- A**l cancerโฃ
- Pe**le cancer โฃ
- ๐•๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซโฃ
- ๐•๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซโฃ
- some types of head and neck cancerโฃ
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You can have HPV for many years without causing problems.โฃ
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๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ข๐ญ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž or had a new partner for many years.โฃ
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๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‡๐๐•?โฃ
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HPV testing is part of cervical cancer screening. There is no blood test for HPV.โฃ
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During cervical screening, small sample of cells is taken from the cervix & tested for HPV. โฃ
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๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐?โฃ
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Screening is offered to all women & people from the ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ“ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ. โฃ
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In certain cases, it may be offered at an earlier or later age, depending on the clinical history of the patient.โฃ
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๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐๐•?โฃ
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You cannot fully protect yourself from the virus but there are certain things that can help.โฃ
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- ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ protect against HPV, but they do not cover all the skin around the ge***als so may ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐›๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž.โฃ
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- The ๐‡๐๐• ๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž protects against the types of HPV, that cause most cases of ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ & ๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ, as well as some other cancers. It does not protect against all types of HPV, thus making ๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ.โฃ
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๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐‡๐๐• ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง?โฃ
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There is ๐ง๐จ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ for the HPV infection. Most HPV infections do not cause any problems & are cleared by your body within 2 years. If HPV causes problems, like ge***al warts or changes to cells in the cervix, you can have treatment for them.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ?โฃโฃโฃโฃCervical cancer is a cancer that is found anywhere in the cervix (as shown below). It is the...
23/09/2024

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ?โฃโฃ
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Cervical cancer is a cancer that is found anywhere in the cervix (as shown below). It is the opening between the va**na and the womb (uterus). It is also called as the neck of the womb.โฃโฃ
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Majority of the cervical cancers are caused by the Human Papillomavirus (๐‡๐๐•).โฃโฃ
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In India, ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ– ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ, a largely preventable disease. โฃโฃ
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You can ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ by ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  which aims to find & treat changes to cells, before they turn into cancer. With the wide spread availability of the ๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฏ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐ž, the incidence is expected to go down further in the coming years.โฃโฃ
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Cervical cancer usually grows slowly, ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐š๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ. How serious it is depends on how big it is and your general health.

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