Ngaba kufuneka uthengise iPap Smear yovavanyo lwe-HPV?

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Iminyaka, ekuphela kwendlela yokujonga umhlaza womlomo wesibeleko yayiyiPap smear. Kwaye ehlotyeni elidlulileyo, i-FDA yamkele enye indlela yokuqala: uvavanyo lwe-HPV. Ngokungafaniyo nePap, efumanisa iiseli zomlomo wesibeleko ezingaqhelekanga, olu viwo luvavanya iDNA yeentlobo ezahlukeneyo zeHPV, ezinye zazo ezaziwa ngokubangela umhlaza. Kwaye ngoku, amaphononongo amabini amatsha abonisa ukuba uvavanyo lwe-HPV lunokubonelela ngeziphumo ezichanekileyo kubasetyhini abaneminyaka engama-25 nangaphezulu.

Ngelixa oku kuyonwabisa, usenokungafuni ukwenza utshintsho kuvavanyo olutsha okwangoku. I-American College ye-Obstetrics kunye ne-Gynecology (ACOG) isacebisa ngokuchasene nokunika abasetyhini abangaphantsi kweminyaka engama-30 uvavanyo lwe-HPV. Endaweni yoko, bacebisa ukuba abasetyhini abangama-21 ukuya kuma-29 bafumane nje iPap smear qho emva kweminyaka emithathu, kwaye abasetyhini abangama-30 ukuya kuma-65 benze okufanayo okanye bavavanywe ngokudibeneyo (uvavanyo lwePap smear kunye novavanyo lwe-HPV) rhoqo kwiminyaka emihlanu. (Ngaba iGyno yakho ikunika iimvavanyo ezifanelekileyo zezeMpilo yezeSondo?)

Isizathu sokuba i-ACOG icace gca ekusebenziseni uvavanyo lwe-HPV kubafazi abancinci? Malunga neepesenti ezingama-80 kubo bafumana i-HPV ngaxa lithile kubomi babo (ngokuqhelekileyo xa bekwiminyaka yabo yama-20), kodwa imizimba yabo iyayicoca ngokwayo intsholongwane ngaphandle konyango ixesha elininzi, uyacacisa uBarbara Levy, M.D., usekela mongameli we-ACOG wobugqwetha. Kukho inkxalabo yokuba ukuvavanya rhoqo abasetyhini abangaphantsi kweminyaka engama-30 kwi-HPV kuya kukhokelela ekuhlolweni okungeyomfuneko kwaye okunokuba yingozi.

Eyona nto iphambili: Okwangoku, ncamathela kwiPap yakho yesiqhelo okanye, ukuba uneminyaka engama-30 okanye ngaphezulu, uvavanyo lwakho lwePap-plus-HPV, kwaye ubuze i-ob-gyn yakho ukuba ikugcine uhlaziywa neengcebiso zamva nje. Emva koko jonga ezi zinto zi-5 kufuneka wazi ngaphambi kwePap Smear yakho elandelayo.

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