What Are Some Cervical Cancer Prevention Strategies
Does cervical cancer run in your family? Or do you believe you are at a high risk for cervical cancer? Then you should start preventing cervical cancer starting today, and the great thing is, IT IS EASY! Cervical cancer is the easiest cancer to prevent! Let’s first determine if you are at high risk for cervical cancer. If cervical cancer runs in your family, you started sexual intercourse at a early age, or if you have had multiple sex partners, then you are at high risk for cervical cancer. You should not only follow these tips, but you should also make sure you are getting your Pap smear tests done regularly, once every year or two. Even if you are not at high risk, you should still follow these prevention strategies so you do not become at high risk. The first step is to be aware and educate yourself, which you are already on the right track. Next, get your HPV vaccine. These are commonly now given in teenagers, but if you have not had one, then make sure you get one. If you are still young, or just still a virgin, delay your first intercourse. Not only is premature marriage bad in religion, but it is bad for your health. By delaying your first intercourse, you will be limiting your sexual partners. If you are no longer a virgin, still limit your sexual partners. More sexual partners the greater chances you will have at obtaining a STD, which can cause cervical cancer down the road. While limiting your sexual partners, you should always be using condoms, especially if either of you have been with other people. Condoms protect both of you from STDs, and prevent you from developing cervical cancer. You should ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS get Pap smear tests done when needed. Women between the age of 18 and 29 should have one once a year, or at least every two years. Women over thirty and until the age 65 should be tested every two to three years, but if you have had abnormal testing in the past, still go every year or two. Women over 65 may stop having Pap smears, but it is still recommended if you have had an abnormal test in the past. In addition to prevent cervical cancer, and other types of cancer, you may want to keep a healthy immune system. You can keep a healthy immune system by not smoking, eating healthy, and exercising regularly. If you are in fear of developing cervical cancer, or you already have, then I wish you the best of luck. Please keep in mind that cervical cancer is one of the easiest cancers to prevent, detect, and cure. We know more about cervical cancer than any other types of cancer, so rest at ease with high survival rates. Just please be sure to keep getting you Pap smear tests, it can save your life.
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