Take part in study on PFAS 'forever chemicals' in eggs

[LolaLayla]

smears are not done routienly for the under 25s because the cells on the cervix have not matured and you can get false positives that mean the young woman has to undergo unessarsary (sp) tests and treatment. Normal Ca cervix grows very slowly ie 15 - 20 years before the pre cancerous cells become cancer. There is a form that is much more aggressive and is fortuately very rare, these poor ladies would be very lucky if picked up by screening. HPV is indicated in over 90% of cervical cancers, most adults have been exposed to it at some time. 1000s of doses have been given around the world with very few problems. Any vaccine causes angst amongst parents but I have seen women young and old in terrible physical and emotional states due to genital cancer and if a vaccine that is known to be safe can prevent this then Im all for it.

 

So how come they start smears at 20 in Wales & Scotland?

 

no idea!! maybe political? at the moment as far as i knwo there is no clinical reason for it except to get young women used to the idea

Everyone is trying to reduce costs just now and so I do not think they would carry on with smears for younger girls just for political gains Only yesterday I saw on the local news that some orthodontic work will now have to be paid for which up until now was free

[whoopsie]

one thing that that friend said to me is perhaps a strapline that the government ought to use in their campaign... 'when you sleep with someone, you effectively sleep with everyone they have ever had sex with'. Kind of brings the whole Russian roulette-ness of it home, doesn't it?

 

Actually that has been used in more than one leaflet/poster that i've seen at work - Not sure how effective it has been though, we still have loads of pregnancies and STDs in both the young girls AND older married/settled women.

[The Dogmother]

I guess that as with everything else, there will always be folks who just won't listen