Poonam Pandey Death: News is coming that Bollywood actress and model Poonam Pandey has died of cervical cancer. Poonam Pandey was only 32 years old and the news of her demise has been released on her official Instagram handle. While the people of the industry are shocked by the death of Poonam Pandey, her fans are also drowned in the ocean of sorrow. According to Poonam Pandey’s manager, the actress was suffering from cervical cancer and due to this she died. Let us tell you that cervical cancer is women’s cancer which is also called uterine cancer. Let us know everything about it.
What is cervical cancer?
Cervical cancer develops in the cervix cells of women i.e. the lower part of the uterus. As the cases of cervical cancer are increasing rapidly across the world, there is a lack of information and understanding of prevention among the people about this cancer. Let us tell you that women above 20 years of age are advised to do vaccination and regular checkups to prevent cervical cancer, but due to lack of information, people do not do so. Therefore, cases of cervical cancer are increasing rapidly in India as well as around the world.
What are the symptoms of cervical cancer?
Health experts say that cervical cancer is caused by a special type of HPV and sexually transmitted infections. HPV is actually a group of human papilloma viruses in which more than 14 viruses can cause different types of cancer. Two types of this virus group can be said to be responsible for 70 percent of cervical cancer. However, the symptoms of cervical cancer are usually not very obvious and that is why it is difficult to identify early. Its symptoms include abnormal bleeding from the vagina, abnormal liquid discharge from the vagina, weight loss, persistent pain in the lower back and difficulty in defecation. Women usually do not pay attention to these symptoms and it becomes a serious form of cancer.
Every year so many deaths occur due to cervical cancer.
According to WHO, an estimated 6 lakh 4,000 new cases and 3 lakh 42 thousand deaths were reported in 2020. Let us tell you that cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women globally. According to ICMR data, cases of cervical cancer have increased very rapidly in India and here almost every 8 minutes a woman dies of cervical cancer.
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