Monday 6 October 2008

A Lovely Reminder...

Well, I heard a story this week about a woman who got cervical cancer and had to have here womb and ovaries removed so I thought I'd remind any women watching to get a Pap smear! Yay! Woo Hoo, cervical smear are exciting! You should all get one!


They aren't that exciting...I know, I know, they aren't pleasant...in fact...pretty unpleasant.  But since cervical cancer accounts for 5% of cancers worldwide...get it done!  And any blokes reading...pester.  Remember it'll be a practice nurse who does and they do MILLIONS.

Factoid - "Pap" is shortened from Human Papilloma Virus (HPV).  HPV is the cause of cervical cancer, found in like 99.5% of cases.  Certain strains (16, 18, 31, 32) are oncogenic...ie the cause cancer.  HPV also causes warts...super.


3 comments:

Dave said...

Is there a male equivalent?

P-Doc said...

I guess...you could get your prostate checked...you know what that means dave...finger up the bum.

I could come over now dave?? ha ha

mat said...

haha....incidently - i really like the blog pat keep it up