09/10/2024
Cervical cancer - Detect early - Treat quickly
- Cervical cancer is a disease that is no longer strange to women. Cervical cancer has 4 main stages and the first stage is called carcinoma in situ. At this stage, cancer cells have only formed in the surface layer, have not grown deep into the tissues, and there are almost no signs of early-stage cervical cancer. When in the late stages, patients may have symptoms such as:
- Abnormal vaginal bleeding: Women who have been postmenopausal for many years suddenly have vaginal bleeding for no reason, with a small amount of blood and not accompanied by symptoms of abdominal pain or back pain.
- Excessive vaginal discharge: Large amount of white discharge, changes in properties, smell and accompanied by changes in color
- Pelvic and back pain: When the disease becomes more severe, the pain will continue to spread to the legs and cause swelling in the legs.
- Cramping: suddenly feeling pain around the pelvic area or having cramps even on non-menstrual days
- Abnormalities in urination: the body leaks urine even when sneezing, vigorous exercise, blood in the urine, sharp pain when urinating...
- Abnormal menstrual cycle: Late menstruation, prolonged menstruation, dark black menstrual blood...
👉Special: Heavy, unusual vaginal bleeding, odor, color change is one of the signs of cervical cancer in the late stages
❌❌So when should you have a cervical cancer screening test?
Doctors at AMH General Clinic advise all sexually active women aged 30 - 49 to have an early screening test for cervical cancer. However, you can also do the test earlier if you see any abnormalities. The best time to get screened is 2 weeks after the first day of your menstrual cycle. Do not insert vaginal medication within 48 hours before taking the test and do not have in*******se the night before. If during this first test you do not detect any abnormalities, you should retest every 3 years after that.
👉All sexually active women aged 30 - 49 (or earlier if abnormal) should have a screening test to screen for and detect gynecological cancer early so that the disease can be detected early. even when there are no symptoms.