Lifestyles Ideas Management - Cervical Cancer

About 70 percent of woman still do not know about the cause of cervical cancer despite extensive public education on the disease. The study showed that not only did the women not know that the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) was the cause of cervical cancer but that 70 percent of them still thought that the use of condoms during sex could protect them from the cancer. Many though that HPV was a virus causing ulcers, sores and blisters but not cancer and thought that it were contracted from toilet seats.
However, good news is that more women are willing to be educated about cervical cancer and to go for a pap test and to consider vaccination as well. Every week, one woman dies of this cervical cancer, but this is preventable through vaccination and early detection. Women should be screened three years after their first sexual activity and go for regular pap tests. Even those who ceased sexual activity may still be at risk.