what happens to your body when you have cervical cancer?
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Cervical cancer happens when cells change in a woman's cervix, which connects her uterus with her vagina. This cancer can affect the deeper tissues of her cervix and may spread to other parts of her body (metastasize), often the lungs, liver, bladder, vagina, and rectum.
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Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. The most important risk factor for cervical cancer is infection with HPV. HPV is common. Most people are infected with HPV when they become sexually active, and most people clear the virus without problems. There are over 100 different types of HPV.
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If your mother or sister had cervical cancer, your chances of developing the disease are higher than if no one in the family had it. Some researchers suspect that some rare instances of this familial tendency are caused by an inherited condition that makes some women less able to fight off HPV infection than others.
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HPV can cause cervical and other cancers including cancer of the vulva, vagina, penis, or anus. It can also cause cancer in the back of the throat, including the base of the tongue and tonsils (called oropharyngeal cancer). Cancer often takes years, even decades, to develop after a person gets HPV.
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The signs or symptoms of cervical cancer include: abnormal vaginal bleeding including between periods, after menopause and after sexual intercourse. abnormal or increased amount of vaginal discharge. foul-smelling vaginal discharge.
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Unfortunately, after most treatment for cervical cancer, you won't be able to get pregnant. This is because you may have: surgery to remove your womb (a radical hysterectomy) radiotherapy as part of your treatment that affects the womb and may stop your ovaries working.
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Unfortunately, after most treatment for cervical cancer, you won't be able to get pregnant. This is because you may have: surgery to remove your womb (a radical hysterectomy)
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Full recovery of the cervix takes about six months. I usually tell my patients who have no evidence of cervical cancer to wait six months before trying to conceive.
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The best time to attend for your cervical smear test is mid-cycle that is, 10 to 14 days after the first day of your period (if you are having periods). The majority of smear tests are normal. Even a result that is not normal is unlikely to mean you have cancer. It may be an infection or minor cell changes.
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A small number of women have moderate or severe changes to the cells on their cervix. This is called high-grade dyskaryosis. These changes are also pre-cancerous in nature. The majority of cases do not lead to cancer of the cervix in the future.
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Cancers diagnosed in late stages can also be controlled with appropriate treatment and palliative care. With a comprehensive approach to prevent, screen and treat, cervical cancer can be eliminated as a public health problem within a generation. No woman should die from cervical cancer.
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Increased Risk: Cervical Cancer Taking birth control pills for 5 or more years might make you more likely to get cervical cancer. The longer you use them, the higher your risk. The risk tends to go back down over time when you stop taking the pills.
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Most women diagnosed with cervical cancer during pregnancy have early stage disease. Research so far suggests that cervical cancers diagnosed during pregnancy grow no more quickly and are no more likely to spread than cervical cancers in women who are not pregnant.
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A hysterectomy removes the cervix, which means that the risk of developing cervical cancer because of persistent HPV infection will essentially be eliminated.
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Irregular bleeding is a common sign of cervical cancer. However, bleeding following a Pap smear can be a sign of many other issues, including an infection, an STI, or pregnancy. Don't immediately assume unusual bleeding after a Pap test is a sign of cancer.
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In most cases, HPV goes away on its own and does not cause any health problems. But when HPV does not go away, it can cause health problems like genital warts and cancer. Genital warts usually appear as a small bump or group of bumps in the genital area.