Cervical cancer is a common malignant tumor, with a relatively high incidence in my country. The high incidence age of carcinoma in situ is 30-35 years old, and the age of invasive cancer is 45-55 years old. In recent years, its incidence has tended to be younger. Globally, on average, one new case is detected every minute, and a woman dies of cervical cancer every two minutes.
It is the second most common cancer in women after breast cancer, with approximately 130,000 new cases each year. With the advent of cervical cancer vaccine, many women choose to inject cervical cancer vaccine to prevent cervical cancer. But, do you really know the types of cervical cancer vaccines and the people it is suitable for?
1. What is the cervical cancer vaccine? The
cervical cancer vaccine is a vaccine to prevent human papillomavirus. Human papillomavirus is mainly transmitted through sex. Female infection with human papillomavirus is impossible to prevent. All close contact can cause female infection. In addition, most people have almost no symptoms after being infected with human papillomavirus and are not easy to detect.
However, after the cervical cancer vaccine, the immune system can produce protective antibodies. This antibody will enter the body fluids of the human body. Once the virus appears, the antibody will immediately take effect. Eliminate the human papillomavirus to prevent it from infecting the human body, so as to achieve the purpose of preventing human papillomavirus infection.
2. What is the classification of cervical cancer vaccines?
1, bivalent vaccine: bivalent vaccine is mainly for human papillomavirus infection of high-risk cervical cancer types 16 and 18. The bivalent vaccine is the basic package, which is relatively cheap.
2, quadrivalent vaccine: , in addition to types 16, and 18, also targets two low-risk types 6 and 11.
3. Nine-valent vaccine: covers 31, 33, 52 and 9 high-risk HPV infections based on the above four types. The price of four-valent and nine-valent vaccines is relatively high. It is recommended to choose a suitable vaccine according to the economic situation.
3. What is the best age for cervical cancer vaccination?
Generally speaking, the best vaccination age for cervical cancer vaccine is 9-26 years before sex. The earlier the vaccination, the better the protection effect. Whether women after 26 years of age should be vaccinated or not depends on their own sexual life. If you have not had sex, you can get vaccinated. For women who are already married or have regular sexual partners, it is not recommended to receive cervical cancer vaccine, because vaccination is of little significance. The specific vaccination age for
is 9-45 years for 2-valent vaccination, 20-45 years for 4-valent vaccination, and 16-26 years for 9-valent vaccination. If you have already vaccinated with a 2-valent or 4-valent vaccine and want to get more comprehensive and effective protection, you can also get a 9-valent vaccine. However, the 9 doses of vaccine can only be vaccinated after 3 doses and an interval of one year.
