Pap Informative Speech

Ladies, can you remember the last time that you did it? Gentlemen, do you know if your mother, sister, wife or female friends have been doing it regularly? Oh, Pap smear that is. According to Kelbach, a Pap smear (also called a Pap test) is a screening procedure for cervical cancer. It is a simple, quick and relatively painless screening test. The Pap smear, test for the presence of precancerous or cancerous cells on the cervix, the opening of the uterus. Pap tests are very accurate and regular. Up to 80 percent of women diagnosed with invasive cancer of the cervix have not had a Pap smear in the past 5 years. A Pap test reduces cervical cancer rates and mortality by 80 percent (Kelbach 2015). Many adults have been infected with Human Papillomavirus

Due to poor access to screening and treatment services, more than 90% of all deaths occur in women living in low and middle income countries. It occurs when abnormal cells on the cervix grow out of control. The cervix is the lower part of the uterus that opens into the vagina. Cervical cancer can often be successfully treated when it's found early. It is a largely preventable disease with screening, vaccination and political willpower (Simon

Two strains of the HPV virus (HPV 16 and HPV 18) are known to be responsible for 70% of all cases of cervical cancer. These types of HPV infection don't have any symptoms; so many women won't realize they have the infection. Condoms can be used during sex to offer some protection against HPV, but it can't always prevent infection, because the virus is also spread through skin-to-skin contact of the wider genital area. Since 2008, a HPV vaccine has been routinely offered to girls aged 12 and 13, so they are protected before ever being exposed to the virus. HPV vaccine also produces a more robust immune response during the preteen years it is given in 3 shots. The second shot is given 1 or 2 months after the first shot. Then a third shot is given 6 months after the first shot. The two vaccines available that used are to prevent HPV are: 1) Gardasil that protects against HPV types 6 and 11, which can cause genital warts in both men and women. 2) Cervarix, on the other hand, is not licensed for use in men, it reduce the risk of cervical cancer even if you have been previously exposed to HPV (NHS Choices, 2015).

Females having multiple sex partners are at great risk, not only them but according to (Tommaso, M.D), if you are a virgin, you may have a low risk of cervical cancer, but you can still consider testing, because there are other risk factors for developing