Is Cervical Cancer The Real Threat We’ve Been Led To Believe?
Posted on March 14, 2008 - Filed Under Ovarian Cervical Uterine Cancer | Leave a Comment
With the vast amount of media attention given to cervical cancer since the introduction of the new HPV (Human Papillomavirus) vaccines, any female or parent could certainly be forgiven for believing that the risk of cervical cancer is a serious health threat to the female population.
But exactly how serious is the risk, and what percentage of the population is actually affected?
Consider these facts. Cervical cancer only represents a small proportion of all cancer diagnoses and deaths each year. For example, according to the American Cancer Society, American women are 16 times more likely to develop breast cancer than cervical cancer… Continue reading
Read More..>>Me And HPV
Posted on March 13, 2008 - Filed Under Ovarian Cervical Uterine Cancer | Leave a Comment
What is HPV?
There are more than 100 different types of HPV. Certain types of HPV cause warts on the hands or feet, and other types can cause warts or abnormal cell changes on the genitals. Many people with HPV do not know they have it since they do not have any types of symptoms. This was the case with me I had no signs, and you don’t feel sick it’s not that type of virus.
The one very important thing that I finally understand is once you have it you can’t get rid of it… Continue reading
Read More..>>Cervical Cancer Symptoms
Posted on March 13, 2008 - Filed Under Ovarian Cervical Uterine Cancer | 1 Comment
Cervical cancer symptoms are hard to be distinguished from normal female reproductive processes. However, the much larger danger with cervical cancer symptoms is that they often go unnoticed because they mimic so many other common conditions such as PMS and ovulation pains. These common symptoms that most females have at one time or another are written off without ever being reported to a doctor. At other times cervical cancer can have no symptoms at all. Unfortunately when symptoms present themselves, it usually means that the cancer has already progressed into a more advanced stage.
Some of the common symptoms are abnormal… Continue reading
Read More..>>Cervical Cancer
Posted on March 13, 2008 - Filed Under Ovarian Cervical Uterine Cancer | Leave a Comment
“How many ways of being are there, sweet friend?” asks Grandmother Growth in her warm way. You sense this is a serious question, and you fear you don’t know the right answer.
“Between the yin and the yang, between the dark and the light, between normal and abnormal, there are infinite shades and numberless ways of being. Without lines, they arise and change, drift away or settle in, some promoting your well-being, some eroding it. An erosive change is almost upon us daughter. How will we meet it?
“Cells are changing in your cervix. They are going fast, faster, growing fast, faster… Continue reading
Read More..>>Adenosquamous Cancer Of The Uterus
Posted on March 13, 2008 - Filed Under Ovarian Cervical Uterine Cancer | Leave a Comment
The uterus or womb located inside the pelvis of a female is prone to problems such as fibroids, cervical cancer, scarring,uterine cancer and endometriosis. The uterine wall consists of various cell types.
Cancer is named according to the cells affected by it. About 95% of uterine cancer cases are where the endometrial cells lining the uterus are affected. Cancer affecting glandular cells is called an adenocarcinoma and sometimes has squamous cells - as found on the surface of the skin and cervix. Non-cancerous squamous cells are called adenocanthomas cancer and malignant ones are called adnosquamous carcinomas.
These cancers may look different under… Continue reading
Read More..>>Cervical Cancer - We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby!
Posted on March 13, 2008 - Filed Under Ovarian Cervical Uterine Cancer | Leave a Comment
Nearly thirty years ago, I was a new registered nurse in labor and delivery. It was a pleasant and enjoyable unit to work. The end result was the celebration of a beautiful, healthy, bouncing baby boy or girl. The proud father would pass out pink/blue bubble gum cigars or treat the nurses with pizza. But then there were other times….
One day I had a patient who presented to the labor and delivery unit in imminent delivery of her baby. An obstetrician was en route to the unit. Another nurse and I prepared her… Continue reading
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