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Senior Registrar at the Department of Dermatology and Venereology,
Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Dr.
Patrick Echekwube, has said that early sexual exposure and having
multiple sex partners are some factors that predispose women to cervical
cancer.
Echekwube said this in an interview with
our correspondent in Ilesa on Tuesday, at a free medical check-up
organised by the International Breweries Plc for residents of the town.
He said other factors — including age
and family history — were some of the factors which predisposed women to
having cervical cancer.
He said, “Girls who start having sex
from around age 12 or 13 are more likely to have cervical cancer later
in life. Early exposure to sex is one of the factors causing cervical
cancer. But other factors are also responsible for it and these include,
having multiple sex partners and family history.
“In other words, if a member of your
family has had cervical cancer, you are likely to have it. Also, the
chances of having it increase with age, especially from age 50 and
above.”
The doctor, however, said early
detection of the cancer was important, because treatment would start
immediately and survival rate was higher.
This stress further the need for our society to prevent under-age sex, respect normalities and maintain a considerable moral standards. Keep the Good work on.
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