Cervical cancer

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By using contraception, married couples are able to sleep soundly at night knowing that their family planning is effective and appropriate. Just as importantly, using appropriate contraception serves other purposes that contribute to physical well-being of women throughout the lifespan as well, including postponing the childbearing years until they are physically ready and preventing pregnancies after they reach an age at which having children is regarded as more dangerous for the mother. In sum…

Scarleteen is a non-profit organization that aims to improve the health of individuals through sex and reproductive education. Their website, www.scarleteen.com, discuss many topics ranging from issues about gender, sexual health, relationships and everything else in between in order to educate young people. One subset of their website, “Condom basics: A User’s Manual,” (http://www.scarleteen.com/article/sexual_health/condom_basics_a_users_manual) not only illustrates why it’s important to use a…

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most prevalent sexually transmitted infection in the United States. HPV family of viruses comprises many oncogenic and non-oncogenic types that cause anal, penile, and oropharyngeal cancers and anogenital warts in men respectively. It is estimated that more than 80% of sexually active men and women will be infected with at least one type of HPV at some point in their lives (Chesson et al., 2014). Moreover, genital HPV infection is most common among sexually…

In adults, N. gonorrhoeae infections are primarily contracted through sexual contact. The main infection-sites are urethral mucous membranes in men and the endocervix and urethra in women, but the oropharynx, conjunctiva, and rectum can also be infected. Transmission to neonates during birth can cause conjunctivitis (Thadepalli H, et al 1976). The incubation period is typically 1-7 days, even though it may vary. Clinical gonorrhea is manifested by a broad spectrum of clinical presentations…

The Cervical screening programme is perhaps, one of the most successful public health initiatives. There has been a remarkable decline in the incidences of cervical cancer following its introduction in 1988 (Peto et al, 2004). It was created as a tool which allowed detection of precancerous abnormalities within the squamous epithelium of the cervix (Cooper, 2011). The sample is usually taken by a nurse at a GP practice and then sent to a laboratory for testing (Jo’s Trust, 2016). More recently,…

infection (STI) and this virus is different than the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV). Cervical cancer diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body which originally starts growing at the cervix which is the lower part of the uterus. A-https://steptohealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cervical-cancer.jpg B-https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/hpv-human-papillomavirus-21932351.jpg The…

Liquid-based Cytology (LBC): Automation of LBC and an Appraisal of the UK National Cervical Screening Programme. Introduction The study of cells’ structure, morphology and arrangement to determine the cause, pathophysiology or type of disease is known as cytopathology. Cervical screening is a common diagnostic gynaecological service that is used to help diagnose it. Cervical Cancer is “the third leading cause of cancer in women worldwide” (Freitas et al, 2012, p. 305). The Human Papilloma Virus…

multiple types of cancer, which affect both males and females, it is a preventable disease. Prevention includes a series of three injections beginning at age eleven, although it is a controversial subject among parents and “conservative groups”, which believe that mandating the HPV vaccine would promote promiscuous behavior (pg. 311). The vaccine should be mandated to protect the future generation and the world against this preventable sexually transmitted disease that results in cancer and…

around the world.”1 HPV infection is a necessary but not a sufficient cause of cervical cancer. “Worldwide, cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women, with almost 80% of cases occurring in developing countries.”2 The infection with HPV is also related to other cancer (anal, vulvar, vaginal, penile, oropharyngeal). There have been a big awareness campaign on HPV infection and the risk of cervical cancer in the past years. With the discovery of two vaccines (Gardasil in 2006 and…