Does cervical cancer have any symptoms and if so what are they?
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No, cervical cancer does not have any symptoms.  That is why we get a Pap Smear every year.  It is a relatively inexpensive test, and can even detect pre-cancerous cells so your doctor can treat it in the earliest stages.
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Yes, actually. \nA large percentage of cervical cancers are caused by the HPV or genital warts virus, and that is sexually transmitted.\nThere is a test now that can be done with your regular PAP test.\n\nhttp://womenshealth.about.com/cs/cervicalcancer/a/hpvcervcancercn.htm
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it is possible not to have any symtoms besides not having your period, but you should go have a pap test for cancer, etc. anyway
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No way! But, sometimes people don't know they have std's until they have it. Women rarely have symptoms and should have a pap smear done regularly. Men, I have heard have some type of symptoms, but I'm not sure exactly what they are. \nSince you are helping a group of kids, I think that is a great! Teens don't listen to their parents about sex and the dangers that is there. You might be able to get handouts from the Health Department or search for info on the Internet.\nGood Luck with your group!!
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Yes, cervix cancer when I was just 17. It kills 300,000 women a year!\n\nLesson learned, take care of your body! Notice small things and get them looked at and taken care of. It might be nothing, but then again it might be something life-threatening!
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It is an infection in your cervix that is usally transmitted through sexual contact. A cervical infection can lead to cancer if not treated properly at the earliest sign of notice.\nIf you think you or someone has it, go see your OBGYN.
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What has this got to do with cervical cancer? Sounds like a bunch of hogwash to me and quite maniacal.
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Signs and Symptoms of Stomach Cancer \n\nUnfortunately, early-stage stomach cancer rarely causes symptoms. This is one of the reasons why stomach cancer is so difficult to detect early. The signs and symptoms of stomach cancer include: \n\nunintended weight loss and lack of appetite \nabdominal pain \nvague discomfort in the abdomen, usually above the navel \na sense of fullness in the upper abdomen, just below the chest bone after eating a small meal. \nheartburn, indigestion, or ulcer-type symptoms \nnausea \nvomiting, with or without blood \nswelling of the abdomen due to accumulation of fluid and cancer cells. \nSome of these symptoms can occur with non-cancerous conditions, such as a stomach virus, or with other types of cancer. However, people who have any of these problems that persist should check with their doctor for an appropriate evaluation and diagnosis.. \n\nSince symptoms of stomach cancer often do not appear until the disease is advanced, only about 10% to 20% of stomach cancers in the United States are found in the early stages, before they have spread to other areas of the body. \n\nNo doubt with these illustrations above it could be masked by antacids.\n               TESTS FOR STOMACH CANCER \n\nEndoscopy is the main procedure used to diagnose stomach cancer when people have certain risk factors for gastric cancer or when signs and symptoms of this disease are present. \n\nEndoscopy Procedures \n\nUpper endoscopy: While you are sedated (made sleepy), a doctor puts a thin, flexible, lighted tube called an endoscope down your throat. This instrument allows the doctor to view the lining of your esophagus, stomach, and first part of the small intestine. If abnormalities are noted, biopsies (tissue samples) can be taken. Small (less than 1/8 inch) tissue samples can be removed using instruments operated through the endoscope. The tissue samples are examined under a microscope to see if cancer is present and, if so, what type of cancer. Because you are sedated, this test is not uncomfortable. \n\nWhen viewed through an endoscope, stomach cancer can appear as an ulcer, a mushroom-shaped or protruding mass, or a flat, thickened area of mucosa known as linitis plastica. Linitis plastica is more difficult to recognize in its earliest stages, and only a biopsy of a suspicious area will produce an accurate diagnosis. \n\nImaging Studies \n\nBarium upper gastrointestinal radiographs: For this test, people drink a barium-containing solution that coats the lining of the esophagus, stomach, and first portion of the small intestine (called the upper GI). The radiologist then takes multiple x-ray pictures. Because x-rays can’t pass through the coating of barium, this will outline any abnormalities of the lining of these organs. To identify early stomach cancer, a "double contrast" technique is commonly used. The patient swallows a thin tube and air is pumped into the stomach after the barium solution. This makes the barium coating very thin, so even small abnormalities will show up. \n\nEndoscopic ultrasound: Ultrasonography uses sound waves to produce images of internal organs. A transducer emits sound waves and detects the echoes bounced off internal organs. The pattern of echoes is processed by a computer to produce images. \n\nUltrasound can also be done with a probe placed into the stomach through the mouth or nose. This is called endoscopic ultrasound. It is used to estimate how far cancer has spread into the wall of the stomach, to nearby tissues, and to nearby lymph nodes. \n\nComputed tomography (CT): The CT scan is an x-ray procedure that produces detailed cross-sectional images of your body. Instead of taking one picture, like a conventional x-ray, a CT scanner takes many pictures as it rotates around you. A computer then combines these pictures into an image of a slice of your body. The machine takes pictures of multiple slices of the part of your body being studied. \n\nCT scans show the stomach fair
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The virus can cause cervical cancer in you. It should not do anything to the baby at all.  There is no "cure," but in 80% of the cases your immune system will fight it off with time.  Just make healthy choices to boost your immune system, and go for regular pap smears.
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human papilloma virus\n\nThere are two different kinds, one causes genital warts like herpes, the other is the major cause of cervical cancer.  Pester your doctor into telling you which kind you have.  Make her do a test of the cells on the inside of your cervix, it's like an advanced pap smear; I think it was called colposcopy when I had it done.    Keep in mind before you get all panicky that OVER 85% of females who have had any sort of sexual contact at all are carrying this virus.  You can carry the virus and have nothing ever happen from it.  You are not alone.  Go do a google search and you will see what I mean.
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There are no symptoms at first.  You need to get a blood check.  The government clinics usually do it for free.  If you test negative, make sure you practice safe sex in the future.
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Well, you probably should get to the doctor.  I know it's scary but the earlier you detect a cancerous growth the better -- it can be removed, you can receive treatment and you can recover faster.  But, what if you don't have cancer?  Then all of this worrying yourself and stress will be for nought.  That is why it is best for you to see a doctor.  Do you have a family doctor?  Someone you feel comfortable with?  How about starting at school and discussing these things with the school nurse?  You're old enough to have a gynecologist -- do you have one yet?  Well, before you make yourself crazy with worry... really, talk to someone and see a doctor about your symptoms.\n\nAs for your issues.  Maybe those lumps in your breast are actually breast development.  I can't remember how long the "buds" stage was supposed to last but... it sounds familiar. When you say that they feel small, sometimes larger and sometimes sore, have you noticed the soreness and size change around PMS time?  Maybe it's very normal.\n\nBlood in your #2.  Is it a lot of blood?  You may have developed an ulcer from worrying yourself so much.  Blood in the stool is often a sign of ulcers.  You may also have simply BM issues and have irritated your um, bum.  There are tests that I think you can buy from any pharmacy (I think that you have to ask the pharmacist because they keep them at the counter) -- but there is a test you can buy to test your #2.  I think that you send a sample (like a dipped sample or smear sample) to a lab on the package and they can make basic, early colon cancer determinations.  Ask your local pharmacist.  \n\nThroat cancer?  I don't know anything about this except that you should see a doctor.  I suspect that you have a touch of hypochondria going on here and that you may have psychosomatically given yourself some symptoms that are simply worry-symptoms.  For the cases of throat cancer that I've heard of, I think that the people were very heavy smokers. \n\nBecause you have had cancer in your family, it is good and prudent to be aware of the genetic odds of it traveling in your genes.  However, I caution you about getting too worried about these issues without getting professional advice.  Mind over matter -- *think* yourself healthy and your body will respond.
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Hell no! I hope that you are not asking because you have them and expect someone to go down on you.  \n\nGenital Warts HPV\n\nWhat it is\nSymptoms\nLong Term Effects\nTreatment\nGenital Warts and Cervical Cancer\n  \n\n\nWhat it is\n\nGenital warts are small, often painless bumps in or round the vagina, penis, or anus.\n\n\n\n\nThey are caused by a virus (a kind of germ). It is called HPV (the human papilloma virus).\n\nYou get HPV by having sex with someone who has the virus.\n\nHPV is spread by having vaginal, anal, or oral sex.\n\nEven if the warts go away or are removed, the virus stays in your body and can be spread to others.\n\n\nTOP\n\nSymptoms\n\nSome people don't show signs even though the wart virus is in their skin. Others do have signs.\n\nPeople may see small bumps (warts) in or around the vagina, penis, or anus.\n\nThe bumps may grow in bunches or clusters.\n\nThey may itch.\n\n\nThe virus can be spread to others even when there are no signs.\n\nTOP\n\nLong Term Effects\n\nGenital warts can be treated but not cured. The treatment can help make you feel better and can help take away the warts. But you will always have the virus. Having the virus can cause these problems:\n\nYou can pass it to others.\n\nYou have a higher chance of getting HIV (the virus that causes AIDS).\n\n\nIf a pregnant woman has genital warts, she could have these problems:\n\n\n\nThe warts could grow and block the vagina.\n\nThe baby could get the virus.\n\nSome wart medicines are not safe for pregnant women to use.\n\n\nTOP\n\nTreatment\n\nThe treatment for genital warts is to have a health care provider remove them. There are also some new medicines that you can use at home.\n\n\n\n\nYou may need an exam of the cervix or penis called a colposcopy. Your clinician uses a magnifying glass with a bright light to see the warts.\n\nThe warts can be removed by freezing or burning. Most people need to have more than one visit to remove all the warts.\n\n\nTOP\n\nGenital Warts and Cervical Cancer\n\n\n\n\nIf a woman has the kind of HPV that causes genital warts, she may also have another kind of HPV that causes cervical cancer.\n\nAny woman who has had genital warts should have a Pap smear at least once a year to check for cervical cancer.\n\n\nPlease be safe.
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Are you referring to the Pap test?  The pap test checks for changes in the cells of the cervix. The Pap test can tell if you have an infection, abnormal (unhealthy) cervical cells, or cervical cancer. It can find the earliest signs of cervical cancer - a common cancer in women. If caught early, the chance of curing cervical cancer is very high. Pap tests also can find infections and abnormal cervical cells that can turn into cancer cells. Treatment can prevent most cases of cervical cancer from developing. It is important for all women to have pap tests, along with pelvic exams, as part of their routine health care. You need a Pap test if you are:\n21 years or older \nunder 21 years old and have been sexually active for three years or more \nThere is no age limit for the Pap test. Even women who have gone through menopause (when a woman's periods stop) need regular Pap tests.\nIf you are younger than 30 years old, you should get a Pap test every year. \nIf you are age 30 or older and have had three normal Pap tests for three years in a row, talk to your doctor about spacing out Pap tests to every two or three years. \nIf you are ages 65 to 70 and have had at least three normal Pap tests and no abnormal Pap tests in the last 10 years, ask your doctor if you can stop having Pap tests. \nYou should have a Pap test every year no matter how old you are if:\nYou have a weakened immune system because of organ transplant, chemotherapy or steroid use \nYour mother was exposed to diethylstilbestrol (DES) while pregnant \nYou are HIV-positive
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Oh believe me you will know.... there is several people in my family that have had it and some didn't make it but I know for sure that they were in pain with it and went to the doctor and was diagnosed.  There is lots of symptoms to Cancer ... go to a doctor and just get a check up if nothing else to ease your mind.  Good luck to you.
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Despite your choice of words, I have a potential answer. Have yourself checked for HPV. Up to 80% of all women have it, and don't know. Men are carriers, but have no symptoms. There is also no test for men. There are many different strains of HPV. HPV is now known to be the the leading cause of cervical cancer. Get yourself to an OB/GYN and get checked. I don't know how old you are, but most docs don't test for HPV until after the age of thirty so BE SURE TO ASK. Take care of yourself. Don't freak if your test comes back positive, HPV can resolve itself, or advance to pre-cancerous cells, then to cancerous. But the treatments are effective (they vary from freezing the cervix to removal) especially if caught early. Wish you the best.\n\nJust an FYI, HPV IS a sexually transmitted disease and is NOT prevented with condom usage. Because there is still genital to genital contact with a condom, HPV is still passed on. Ladies (and guys,too) Please be careful out there. This is one more way gettin' you're grove on will come back and bite and you in the ash!
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Don't you still have your cervix?  Hysterectomy is remove of the uterus and tubes only I think?\n\nIf so then yes, you still need to get a pap to watch for cervical cancers.