Poor hygiene and a few wounds on the penis, among other factors, may cause cancer of female genitalia, said the head of the Department of Urology, National Institute of neoplastic disease (inen), Carlos Morante Deza, who stated that although this is very rare neoplasm in the country This, every day there is an increase in cases among young people.
“The disease is extremely rare and represents 1% of urological malignancy affecting humans. But, the frequency may be increased in areas with high levels of rural, low socioeconomic status and hygiene habits is very dangerous”, he said the doctor.
“Although this is an injury that appears in the visible region does not understand why patients come late diagnosis, with the injury which has in excess of years of evolution and what motivates them, sometimes the most radical application treatments to eradicate the disease, such as loss of total members.
He explained that cancer is a carcinoma of the skin of the penis and usually comes from the gland, but also can have their start in the foreskin or shaft of the penis, forming ulcers.
The most common symptoms of genital lesions may be on the penis, and probably painless ulcer bleeding and pain in the leg when the disease has advanced.
Prevention
According to doctors, circumcision may help to reduce the risk, but these people must have, from an early age, the habit of cleanliness in the area that lies beneath the foreskin.
Practice good personal hygiene and sex using condoms and limiting sexual partners to avoid infection by the human papillomavirus (HPV), can reduce the risk of developing this cancer.
A self-examination can detect the presence of any growth or tumor on the penis.
Tags: cancer, Condoms, Female genitalia, HPV, Infection, Sexual, The penis, Urology,
well, at least there is an HPV Vaccine these days that can prevent HPV infection”-*