She is dynamic, she is vivacious, she is beautiful, she is willing to make compromises… because she is a Women!  A women is taking care of her family since we have heard the existence of humans in the world. She is the one who is always concerned and dedicated.

It’s the time when she has to look out for herself too! While working on every aspect of life, one more should hit the priority list - Health Awareness. Surviving in an era where diseases are discovered every other day it’s important to be aware of the major threat to health - Cancer, which has already swollen up many lives.

One of the most dangerous one is Cervical cancer, this do not show any symptom in early stage but can prove devastating at a later stage.

Cervical cancer happens when the cells grow out of control in the women’s cervix. This is quite common in India but can be detected at an early age if the person is alert and catching the ongoing changes happening in the body. This can spread further making the women go through a higher risk of being infected.

Abnormal Pap test is done to detect the vital disease, the process involves taking a sample from the cervix surface and screening if there is any abnormal cell growth. It is not necessary that the cell growth always indicates cancer, sometimes it’s normal but the Pap test will show the exact results if anything dangerous is going inside.

This cancer is caused by a virus named HPV - Human papillomavirus which can be infected through sexual contact with the person having it.

Women body has the power to fight with the virus but sometimes it leads to cancer, a women is at a higher risk to getting cancer if she smokes, have many children, have HIV infection or take birth control pills for a long time.

Symptoms of cervical cancer in women may include the following-:

For curing it one needs to go for cervical cancer vaccination which is available at maximum hospitals. If it gets worse on late detection then chemotherapy is done to save the patient.

For prevention one needs to follow a healthy diet including green leafy vegetables, adequate amount of water and a balanced diet.

It’s an old proverb but is still dragging it’s existence ---“Prevention is better than cure”, do prevent yourself from the deadly disease.