{"id":38319,"date":"2023-01-11T14:53:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T20:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/business\/?p=38319"},"modified":"2023-02-16T10:32:58","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T16:32:58","slug":"cervical-health-awareness-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/business\/cervical-health-awareness-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Cervical Health Awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cervical cancer doesn\u2019t have early warning signs, and most symptoms don\u2019t show up until it is advanced. That\u2019s why prevention is so important. Take action against a silent killer.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some ways you can help protect yourself:<br \/>\n<strong>Lower your risks.<\/strong> Stop smoking, lose weight if needed, limit your number of sexual partners and avoid unsafe sex. They all increase your risk.<br \/>\n<strong>Know your family history.<\/strong> Find out if anyone in your family has had cervical cancer. Women whose mother or sister have been diagnosed are more likely to develop the disease.<br \/>\n<strong>Meet with your doctor.<\/strong> Schedule an annual exam that includes a Pap test and human papillomavirus (HPV) test. Early detection helps improve the chances of successful treatment.<br \/>\n<strong>Watch for warning signs.<\/strong> Tell your doctor if you have pelvic pain, unusual bleeding, leaky bladder, anemia or\u00a0 backpain. They could be symptoms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.system.tamus.edu\/files\/benefits\/website\/Flyers\/BCBSCervicalCancerTAMUS.pdf\">BCBSTX Cervical Cancer Flier<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.system.tamus.edu\/files\/benefits\/website\/PreventCervicalCancer.pdf\">Preventing Cervical Cancer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.system.tamus.edu\/files\/benefits\/website\/10ThingsHPV.pdf\">Ten Things to Know About HPV and Cervical Cancer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cervical cancer doesn\u2019t have early warning signs, and most symptoms don\u2019t show up until it is advanced. That\u2019s why prevention is so important. Take action against a silent killer. Here are some ways you can help protect yourself: Lower your risks. Stop smoking, lose weight if needed, limit your number of sexual partners and avoid&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1971,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cancer"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":71,"label":"Cancer"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"Estela Felan","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/business\/author\/efeagin\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":71,"name":"Cancer","slug":"cancer","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":76,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":71,"category_count":1,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Cancer","category_nicename":"cancer","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1971"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tamus.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}