Will cervical precancerous lesions lead to cervical cancer? How long does it take for cervical precancerous lesions to develop into cervical cancer?

Cervical cancer is the only cancer with a clear cause. Currently, the medical community has given a clear plan to prevent cervical cancer, which is regular screening for cervical cancer. If early lesions of cervical cancer can be detected in time, the cure rate can reach more than 95%.

Why doctors always emphasize that women should have a gynecological examination every year, which is also related to the prevention of cervical cancer, because the occurrence of cervical cancer is a long process starting from infection. HPV cervical lesions usually take at least 8 years to become cancer, and some even take up to 10 years. During these 10 years, even if women have a cervical smear test, early detection of problems is not only simple, but also 100% will not develop into cancer.

The speed of cervical precancerous lesions developing into cervical cancer varies from person to person. It is recommended that women over 30 years old should undergo routine cervical smear examinations when visiting outpatient clinics. If there are any abnormalities, further examinations should be conducted. In addition, active treatment of moderate to severe cervical erosions, timely diagnosis and treatment of atypical hyperplasia (atypical hyperplasia stage II or III is a cervical precancerous lesion) in order to block the occurrence of cervical cancer.

The screening method for cervical cancer is also very simple, that is, to do a cervical cell scraping and HPV test, which is completely non-invasive and painless, and only takes 6 minutes for one test. Experts recommend that women should start cervical cancer screening within three years after having sex. If the test is negative for two consecutive years, you can do the next screening after two years. If it is still negative after two consecutive years, you can do it again after three years, and then do it again after two consecutive years. In other words, women only need seven or six minutes in their lifetime to eliminate the threat of cervical cancer forever.

Some women also asked whether there are early symptoms of cervical cancer that can help patients detect cervical cancer early. But in fact, clinical studies have found that cervical cancer does not cause any discomfort in the early stages, and some mild symptoms are easily ignored. Experts' health advice to women is that women should learn to pay attention to health warnings issued by the body, such as vaginal bleeding after sex and vaginal bleeding after urination. Even if it happens once, women should remain vigilant.

In addition, women must also pay attention to their leucorrhea. Most cervical cancer patients have varying degrees of increased leucorrhea. Therefore, women should pay attention to the nature, quantity and smell of leucorrhea. Especially when a large amount of watery or mucous leucorrhea is found, it must be paid attention.

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