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How does one get cervical cancer?

I heard that you can get cervical cancer just from having sex and the guy hitting the cervix too much.

We don鈥檛 know what causes cancer, but most cancers do have certain risk factors for getting it. HPV is a risk factor for cervical and other types of cancer. It is found in about 60% of all cervical cancers yet almost everyone has HPV. Having sex at a young age is also a risk factor for cervical cancer. However, the act of having sex does not cause cancer or put you at a higher risk. Our bodies were designed for sex. Also, birth control pills do not lower your risk.

No, that is not true. Or at least there is no substantiated evidence.

However, you can get cervical cancer from having HPV(human papilloma virus) which is a very transmissible sexually transmitted infection.
They just approved the Gardasil vaccine that prevents most forms of HPV. It is recommended that all women and girls get it as young as possible.
I'm hoping it will be approved for men as well.

yes thats very true
your likely to get it if you have/had sex at a younger age
get the hpv shot
get on birth control pills it helps lower the risk of hpv
get a pap smear every year to get checked up
use condoms

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