What are the causes of cervical cancer? Will unhealthy sex life lead to a high incidence of cervical cancer?

Cervical cancer is a common malignant gynecological tumor in Chinese women, which has taken away many young and beautiful lives. Women should raise their awareness of gynecological tumors. Only when they realize the seriousness of tumors can they pay full attention to them. So, what causes cervical cancer?

Cervical cancer is highly related to unhealthy sexual life

Experts say that cervical cancer is often caused by persistent infection with HPV (high-risk human papillomavirus). The medical community generally believes that this is related to factors such as early sexual activity before the age of 18, multiple sexual partners, more than three births, multiple cervical surgeries, and malnutrition; in particular, it is closely related to unclean sexual activity, neglecting post-sexual hygiene, smoking, and menstrual hygiene.

Experts remind that among the main causes of cervical cancer, special attention should be paid to the following three points:

1. Having sex early without "preparing"

Experts say: "The higher the incidence of cervical cancer, the younger the age, the more sexual partners, and the higher the frequency." People who have their first sexual intercourse at the age of less than 15 are 10 times more likely to develop cervical cancer than normal people. He explained: "Girls' cervical tissue cells are not yet fully mature, are relatively weak, have poor disease resistance, are sensitive to external carcinogens and cancer-promoting substances, and are easily stimulated by carcinogenic factors."

Therefore, if a girl starts having sex before she matures, and the person she has sex with is a carrier of HPV (human papillomavirus), the virus will infect the girl's immature cervical tissue, so it is not unreasonable for cervical cancer to "afflict" teenage girls. In recent years, the age at which young people have their first sexual intercourse has obviously advanced, and young people do not know how to use condoms correctly to protect themselves, which makes it easy for them to be infected with HPV.

2. You or your husband have two or more sexual partners

Experts point out that the risk of women developing cervical cancer is proportional to the number of their sexual partners. Statistics show that the risk of having ≥10 sexual partners is more than three times that of having only one sexual partner. This is because sperm will produce a sperm antibody after entering the vagina, which usually disappears in about 4 months. If a sexual partner has too much sex, various antibodies will be produced, enter the body in a short period of time, interfere with the antibody reaction of sperm antibodies, and be prone to cervical cancer.

In addition, the husband may be at fault. Chen Qing said that studies have found that if a husband has more than two sexual partners, the risk of his wife being at risk is five times that of a normal person.

3. Cervical cancer may also come from the mother

Experts revealed that if women in their childbearing years are stimulated by certain physical or chemical factors for a long time in their daily lives, their reproductive cells will be deformed and their offspring will be prone to cancer after birth. For example, if a woman becomes pregnant during estrogen treatment, the girl she gives birth to will be more likely to develop cervical cancer than other women.

In addition to sexual life, the following are other causes of cervical cancer:

1. Precancerous lesions

If women suffer from other gynecological inflammations that are not cured for a long time, such as chronic cervicitis and uterine erosion, it is easy for the disease to worsen, and there is a high possibility that it will develop into cancer.

2. Foreskin is too long

The excessive foreskin of men is also one of the causes of cervical cancer in women. The excessive foreskin of men is easy to hide dirt. The cholesterol in the smegma is easily transformed into carcinogens after being acted upon by bacteria. It not only causes cancer to the penis of men, but also has the same effect on women, which can cause cervical cancer.

3. Human herpes virus type II, which is transmitted through sexual intercourse, is closely related to cervical cancer.

4. Excessive estrogen and abnormal metabolism.