A importância da captação precoce para o exame citopatológico do colo uterino, no contexto da saúde da mulher

Abstract

This study reviews the knowledge about cervical cancer. Her writer, a nurse that works as a Estratégia de Saúde da Família nurse, justifies that option for considering it a way to mobilize people who work in that area about detecting the cases previously. This type of cancer is the second more common between women, just behind breast cancer, being the fourth cause of death between women in Brazil. It makes 4.800 victims and appears 18.430 cases in a year. Initially, it is asymptomatic, being detected just by cytopathological test. That test controls cervical womb and tracks cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. Due to sensibility and low cost, it is the most appropriated test. When referring about cervical cancer, it must be emphasized health attitudes like lectures in schools, communities and home visits, in order to extend Pap smear test between more vulnerable women, like those who have a precede sexual life, youth primiparity, variety of sexual partners and multiparous. The Estratégia de Saúde da Família has an important role in preventing cervical cancer, being responsible to call women, in most vulnerable cases, to make the cytopathological test and Pap smear. In health, a educational focus is fundamental and that is the purpose of the ESF, in order to increase life quality of population. This study emphasizes the importance of cytopathological test, detecting previously the cases in sexually active life women, despite of age. It intents to track, diagnosticate and care in case of disease. Approaching from sexually active life women by health professionals must be made, in order to make them take the cervical cancer preventing test and detecting neck of uterus harms, making their treatment easier, if necessary.