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"The sun is still warm and summer is approaching, so you have to change into light clothes. Li Hua listened to Chen Yue, an old classmate and now a doctor, open like this, and couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.
She just wanted to buy a few summer clothes today, but she didn't expect to meet Chen Yue in the mall, let alone be said by her, which directly caused a long talk about health.
Li Hua is a 52-year-old senior librarian, and although his work is not manual labor, he has to deal with a lot of books every day.
In the past six months, she has noticed three abnormalities in her urine: darker color, frequent urgency to urinate, and more frequent waking up at night.
She thought it was just an ordinary symptom of old age, so she didn't take it seriously.
As a doctor, Chen Yue's expression became serious after hearing these symptoms.
She explained that while these symptoms may be associated with a variety of health issues, given Li Hua's age and gender, it is advisable for her to have a comprehensive health screening, especially cervical cancer screening.
Li Hua was a little surprised, after all, in her cognition, the warning signs of cervical cancer should be bleeding or pain, not changes in urine.
Chen Yue seriously pointed out that cervical cancer may not have obvious symptoms in the early stage, and the urine she described was abnormal.
Although it may not seem directly related to cervical cancer, it may be a warning sign that the body is trying to send.
At this time, Chen Yue further explained the causes and risk factors of cervical cancer.
She explained in detail the relationship between human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer, mentioning that there is a large amount of data supporting HPV virus as the main cause of cervical cancer.
For example, globally, the presence of high-risk HPV can be detected in the body at the time of diagnosis in more than 99% of cervical cancer patients.
Chen Yue also mentioned that as we age, the immune system function may decline, which allows the HPV virus that has been latent in the body for a long time to activate, increasing the risk of cervical cancer.
She stressed that even women who have passed menopause still need regular cervical cancer screening, as cervical cancer can develop very slowly and is often undetectable in the early stages.
During the conversation, Chen Yue also shared several related patient cases, some of whom missed the best time for treatment because they ignored the mild symptoms in the early stage.
She urged Li Hua to pay enough attention to the current symptoms, even if they seem to be mild, and go to the hospital for a detailed examination as soon as possible.
At the end of the conversation, Li Hua was in a heavy mood but also grateful to Chen Yue for her professional advice and sincere care.
She decided to follow Chen Yue's advice and made an appointment for a health check-up the next day.
At the end of the article, I would like to ask a question: how can public awareness and education about the early symptoms of cervical cancer be further raised within the current medical framework?
Faced with this problem, we need to recognize that although there has been a lot of publicity and education about cervical cancer in the medical community, there are still cognitive blind spots.
For example, many women may not know that abnormal urination like Li Hua can also be an early warning from the body.
Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen education on the early symptoms of cervical cancer, especially on atypical symptoms.
This can be achieved by increasing public health advertising, hosting more health talks in hospitals and communities, and posting more educational content on social media.
Only in this way can we ensure that more patients like Li Hua can be diagnosed and treated in a timely manner, thereby improving treatment success and survival.
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