CERVICAL CANCER- Have you been screened yet?

Hello reader, a hearty compliments to you. I trust the year has been great so far. Whatever it is, I know a lots of goodies are in store for us.

Health they say is wealth, no doubt you will agree with that. It is important to know you do not have to fall sick to necessarily get checked. January is cervical cancer awareness month and knowing the extend of what CANCER does it is important to know about it and get checked.

Stages of the cancer infection

CERVICAL CANCER is the cancer of the cervix, located at the neck of the womb by the lower uterus. Below are a few important things you need to know about the disease:

* Among women, Cervical cancer is the 2nd most deadly disease after breast cancer;
* One woman dies every hour of cervical cancer in Nigeria;
* It is caused by HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS (HPV);
* Men are the carriers of the above virus;
* It is 100% curable and also preventable;
* Sexually active women are more at risk
* Vaccines are available

The vaccines can be administered for non-sexually actives from the age of 10 which makes them immune to a relatively large extent and also vaccines for the active ladies/women can be taken and administered over time in three doses with the constant need to go for checkup at least once yearly. There are 2-3 types of test done for this which are
1) PAP TEST
2) VIA (VISUAL INSPECTION with ACETIC ACID)
3) HPV testing

process of pap test

THE EMAC (EXQUISITE MAGAZINE ANNUAL CANCER CARE) has a cervical cancer care foundation that partners with different medical organization towards creating more awareness as well as free screenings. You can follow her page on emac_cervicalcancerawareness for more details. I also saw an IG post that can be very helpful with different locations to get screened across Lagos especially (Please find included screenshot details  for some venues)

Take advantage of this and GET SCREENED!!!!!