When it comes to cervical cancer, many women smell discolored.
As the most common gynecological malignancy of the female reproductive tract, with the popularization of publicity, more and more people are aware that most cervical cancers are related to the HPV virus.
Cervical cancer is a malignant tumor caused by infection with the HPV virus, and there are many types of HPV virus.
Among them, the high-risk hpv viruses that cause cervical cancer are 16 and 18, and the other types are 11, 31, 33, 45, 52, 58, 62 and 82.
According to the data, more than 90% of cervical cancer patients are infected with HPV.
This means that once infected with HPV, it means that the risk of cervical cancer will be higher.
Compared to other cancers, cervical cancer is one of the few cancers that can be prevented
The HPV vaccine can prevent cervical cancer caused by HPV virus infection and is the world's first vaccine to have a cancer prevention effect.
In addition to preventing cervical cancer, the HPV vaccine is also effective in preventing vulvar cancer, vaginal cancer, cancer and other cancers.
HpV vaccine is another place to be given free of charge: Hainan will vaccinate girls of school age in the province
Recently, according to media reports: on February 7, the website of the Hainan Provincial Government published the "Practical Matters for the Private Sector by the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government in 2022", which includes: free domestic 2-valent HPV vaccines for women of the right age.
In terms of HPV vaccination for women of appropriate age, Hainan Province clearly stipulates that it will provide domestic 2-valent HPV vaccine for women of appropriate age between the ages of 13 and 14 and a half years old and no history of HPV vaccination in the province.
At present, since 2020, Ordos City in Inner Mongolia, Xiamen City in Fujian Province, Jinan City in Shandong Province, Guangdong Province, Chengdu City in Sichuan Province, Wuxi City and Lianyun District in Lianyungang City in Jiangsu Province, Zhengzhou City in Henan Province, Shijiazhuang City in Hebei Province and other places have also successively carried out or announced the upcoming free HPV vaccination work.
Can women who have passed the right age still be vaccinated?
The World Health Organization advocates that the basic target group for vaccination should be women aged nine-fourteen, and women over fifteen years old should be the secondary target group, mainly because the vaccine tends to have a smaller preventive effect on women who are older.
In fact, the older you get, the less effective your vaccinations become.
However, the age limit is not absolute, and the key is whether there is a sexless life, and the vaccination effect is often the best before the first sexual activity.
But even after sex, you can still get vaccinated, but the effect of vaccination is relatively reduced.
Vaccination against HPV does not prevent all cervical cancer
Many types of HPV viruses can cause cervical cancer, and the vaccines currently available on the market cannot prevent all types of HPV viruses.
At present, there are three kinds of HPV vaccines on the market, namely bivalent, quadrivalent and nine-valent, bivalent HPV vaccines can only prevent types 16 and 18, quadrivalent HPV vaccines can prevent types 11, 16 and 18, and nine-valent vaccines can prevent types 11, 16, 18, 31, 33, 45, 52 and 58.
Some types of HPV viruses are currently not prevented by vaccines, so even if you are vaccinated against HPV, you cannot prevent all types of cervical cancer.
However, vaccination can greatly reduce the risk of cervical cancer, so it is recommended that everyone get vaccinated as soon as possible.
In addition to getting vaccinated, women also need to do 2 things well:
HPV vaccination does not completely prevent cervical cancer, and other preventive measures need to be done, including regular check-ups and life management.
1. Regular inspection
Regular visits to the hospital for examination can effectively help us find the precursors of lesions early, and once we are found to be infected with HPV virus, we can treat it as soon as possible to prevent the onset of cervical cancer.
2. Life management
The best way to avoid infection is to manage your life, including your own personal hygiene.
In particular, reproductive tract hygiene, avoiding unclean sexual behavior, not having too many sexual partners, ensuring nutritional balance in diet, quitting smoking and drinking less, and exercising more, these habits and behaviors can help everyone prevent infection.