【常見婦科疾病】拆解婦女病子宮頸癌、朱古力瘤、陰道炎迷思
經常聽到身邊女性患上「女人病」，女人病是常見女性健康問題的俗稱。到底哪些是女性較易患上的疾病？本港女性頭號殺手定必是乳癌，平均每天有13名女士確診。其他女性常見癌症包括子宮頸癌、子宮內膜癌、卵巢癌、輸卵管癌、外陰癌及陰道癌等。非癌症疾病也不容忽視，包括陰道炎、月經問題、子宫肌瘤及卵巢囊腫。邁向更年期則有機會面對骨質疏鬆和泌尿問題。今次，我們先行為大家分析三個常見婦女病的迷思。 📖 延伸閱讀: 【乳癌檢查及預防】誰是乳癌高危一族？乳癌有甚麼症狀？遺傳基因有影響嗎？ 常見婦女病｜子宮頸癌：為何要接種HPV 疫苗？ 在2020年，子宮頸癌在香港女性最常見的癌症中排第七位。HPV 疫苗能預防子宮頸癌及其他因感染 HPV 而引致的癌症和疾病。人類乳頭瘤病毒（HPV）是引發子宮頸癌的主要成因。HPV透過性接觸傳播，愈早有性伴侶、性伴侶數量越多，罹患子宮頸癌的機會便越大。另外，服用避孕藥物超過五年、17歲或以前首次懷孕、吸煙等亦會增加感染子宮頸癌的機會。早期子宮頸癌並沒有明確的病症。但當你發現陰道不正常出血，有異常的分泌物及異味，以及性行為時感到疼痛，則應該及早檢查並尋求專業的子宮頸癌診斷服務。 常見婦女病｜朱古力瘤：是否真的很普遍？是否切除便能解決？ 「朱古力瘤」（子宮內膜異位症）是指子宮內膜移位，慢慢於卵巢中製造及積累的經血形成瘤。朱古力瘤在女性群中非常普遍，每10名處於生育年齡的婦女便有1位患上，估計本港有約30萬女性患者。雖然朱古力瘤有經痛、經血量多及性行為時感疼痛等徵狀，但女性很大機會誤以為是普通經痛，引致誤診。大多病患也沒有危險，但朱古力瘤會伴隨月經來潮一直累積，嚴重的話有機會影響受孕或惡化變成癌症。月經週期短、月經量過多、有家族病史、初經與11歲前發生等原因也會提高患病機會率。 子宮內膜異位症的治療方法可服食荷爾蒙藥物，或進行手術切除異位組織，醫生會視乎患者年齡、背景、病情和生育計劃，選擇合適的治療方法。但要注意的是子宮內膜異位症復發率相當高，有研究顯示，約有一半患者會於五年後復發，所以切除後也不能掉以輕心，要定期檢查。 常見婦女病｜陰道炎：過份清洗陰道可能弄巧反拙！ 陰道感染最常見的原因與陰道內原有的生物體有關。酵母菌感染通常是體內產生過多酵母菌，而細菌性陰道炎則是陰道內的細菌種類和數量失去了平衡。性行為會引發的陰道炎，但過敏反應或造成過度刺激也有機會，例如清潔劑、灌洗器、衣物柔順劑、肥皂、陰道噴霧等。若陰道分泌物產生異味、顏色或份量異常，便要多加注意。 除了定期進行檢查以外，你也可以進行CircleDNA測試，其中500個報告內包涵了36個有關癌症風險的報告，讓你了解你患癌的遺傳的機會，並及早預防疾病。 了解更多
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