If a woman does this behavior too early, she will definitely get cervical cancer

If a girl has sex too early, it may develop cervical cancer. Because girls in adolescence are ignorant about sex, they may start sex too early, have too many sexual partners, and be promiscuous. Many unmarried and childless women in their twenties and thirties also develop cervical cancer early on. When underage girls start having sex too early, it gives cervical cancer an opportunity to develop because these girls have low defenses against the HPV virus.

Young women become the main force of cervical cancer

Clinically, it has been found that the incidence of cervical cancer is becoming younger in my country. In the 1980s, the average age of cervical cancer incidence was 55 years old. Now, women in their thirties and forties have gradually become the "main force" of the disease.

"Starting sexual life too early, having too many sexual partners, having multiple sexual partners at the same time, and not cleaning the private parts properly can all lead to high incidence of cancer in women." She said, however, it is difficult to accurately grasp the status of women's sexual partners in China. Even women diagnosed with cervical cancer will conceal the number of their sexual partners from their doctors until they are informed of the risks and benefits.

"On the one hand, the more sexual partners a man has, the higher the risk of HPV infection. On the other hand, his sexual partners may have multiple female partners at the same time, which can also lead to a high risk of cross-infection and a greater risk of cancer." Experts say that although the use of condoms can reduce the infection rate, it cannot completely block the infection.

The cruel reality cannot be changed

Due to the above reasons, many unmarried and childless women also suffer from cervical cancer at an early age. She once treated a girl who had just turned 18 and was diagnosed with cervical cancer. "It is a cruel reality that such a young girl who has cervical cancer has to have her uterus removed and will never be able to have children."

Although the medical community is gradually carrying out cervical cancer resection surgery to preserve fertility, that is, removing a wide range of the cervix but preserving the uterine body. Only some patients are eligible for uterine preservation surgery, and the postoperative miscarriage rate is high and the pregnancy rate is low.

Remind young girls that early sexual activity will cause cancerous viruses that are difficult to excrete from the body. Liu Jihong said that human papillomavirus (HPV) is the culprit of cervical cancer, among which HPV types 16 and 18 are the main types that cause uterine tumors. In my country, 80% of cervical cancer is caused by HPV16/18 viruses. "The virus can be transmitted through sexual contact, skin-to-skin contact and micro-wounds during vaginal delivery," experts said.

Causes

There is no need to panic about the HPV virus. "Because among the infected population, 90% of adult women will automatically clear the virus without causing too much impact on the human body. Only 10% of the population will continue to have the virus, and 10% of them will eventually develop cervical cancer. Most low-risk infections only show vaginal warts or no lesions."

But it is worth noting that the situation is much more dangerous for young girls who already have sexual experience. "When minors start having sex, their immune systems are not yet mature and their cervix is ​​not fully developed. If they are infected with the HPV virus at this time, their ability to automatically expel it from the body will be weaker," she said.

Myth: Cervical erosion is a prelude to cancer?

For many adult women, when a gynecological examination reveals moderate or severe cervical erosion, they begin to panic, worrying whether the situation is very bad and whether the risk of cancer is very high. In response to this, Professor Liu Jihong gave a definite "no" answer. "In fact, this is a huge misunderstanding for many patients and gynecologists, who believe that cervical erosion is a prelude to cancer and a serious disease that must be overcome immediately."

She told reporters that erosion is not a diagnostic disease, but merely a symptom. "It is very likely just a normal physiological phenomenon, that is, the outward migration of the cervical columnar epithelium. It does not even mean that women with erosion do not clean themselves properly on a regular basis, and there is no need to go to great lengths to treat the erosion. Some doctors spend a lot of effort to help patients overcome erosion. If it is not for profit purposes, then it is because their own cognition is wrong. In addition, erosion has little to do with cancer," she said.

Treatment advice

Unfortunately, current surveys show that less than 1% of women aged 20 to 69 in my country undergo routine cytology examinations every two years; and 70% of women over 25 have never had a cervical cancer prevention examination. "The sensitivity of cytology examination is between 50% and 90%, and this examination should be performed every year; the accuracy of HPV testing is as high as over 95%, and it can be performed every 3 to 5 years." She said that many hospitals carry out the above-mentioned examination items, and patients can choose one or two of them according to their own circumstances.

Premature sexual activity in girls and cervical cancer: Cervical cancer prevention examinations are essential. Those who have early sexual activity and have multiple sexual partners are the key groups. "Every year, 30,000 women die from cervical cancer in my country. In fact, precancerous lesions last as long as 5 to 10 years, but because they are not checked for a long time, they miss the best time for treatment." She said that since cervical cancer has no symptoms in the early stages and only a few people may experience contact bleeding, screening should be relied upon to detect cervical precancerous lesions and early cancers. It is reported that the cure and five-year survival rates of early-stage cancer are very high, but in the middle and late stages, only 20 to 30 percent of patients can survive for more than five years.