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Cervical Cancer Symptoms

The Origins of Cervical Cancer:

Cervical cancer is a disease that is usually sexually transmitted. It forms over a number of years. It begins in the lining of the cervix which is the lower part of the uterus (the womb). The cervix connects the upper part of the uterus to the vagina which is the birth canal.

Beginnings of Cervical Cancer:

Cancer of the cervix is also known as cervical cancer. It begins as cancers usually do, with some cells changing from normal to pre-cancerous and then to cancerous cells. In some cases, the cell changes disappear with no treatment at all. Treatment usually prevents the cell changes from changing into cancerous cells.

Because cervical cancer symptoms are similar to symptoms of many ailments, they may not be recognized as the red light for cervical cancer at the onslaught. Because of their origin, the reproduction organs, some cervical cancer patients may initially pass them off as pre-menstrual syndrome or pains during ovulation. What complicates matters is that cervical cancer may occur with minimal symptoms.

Early Symptoms Not Visible to the Naked Eye:

Symptoms of cervical cancer at the early stages are hardly visible. They are visible only when the cells on the cervix become cancerous and the cancer has spread to nearby tissue. The good news is that cervical cancer can usually be cured when detected in its beginning stages.

Fortunately, symptoms of cell changes can be detected with a PAP smear which can detect up to ninety percent of cervical cancers without any symptoms present. It is important that sexually active women as well as single non-sexually active women after the age of thirty go for regular PAP smears and physical examination of the body. Once detected, treatment prevents the cell changes such as lesions from invading the normal cervical cells.

Because there is usually neither pain nor symptoms in pre-cancerous changes of the cervix, women must not take for granted that all is well. It is for this reason that women should have annual PAP smears and physical examination of the pelvic area performed on them.

In a PAP smear, cells are taken off the cervix and examined. Abnormalities in the cells can be detected using the PAP smear. When abnormal cell growth is detected, further testing is performed to determine the nature of the growth. The PAP smear has saved many from the onslaught of cervical cancer.

A PAP smear is vital for detecting any possibility of cervical cancer. Guidelines spelt out by the

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