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Cervical Dysplasia : Risk Factors

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Risk Factors List

  • Early Sexual Behavior
  • Multiple Sexual Partners

Specific Risk Factors Articles

DES Exposure
DES (diethylstilbestrol) is a hormone that was prescribed for pregnant women in the 1950s and early 1960s. Many years later, doctors discovered that the daughters of the women who received DES were at high risk for a variety of problems, including infertility , premature labor , and cancer of the vagina and cervix.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are caused by a group of infectious microorganisms that are transmitted mainly through sexual activity. These agents represent a costly, burdensome global public health problem.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Sexually transmitted disease (STD) is a term used to describe more than 20 different infections that are transmitted through exchange of semen, blood, and other body fluids; or by direct contact with the affected body areas of people with STDs. Sexually transmitted diseases are also called venereal diseases.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
If You Think You Have an STD
Your body usually tells you when you are in danger -- your heart races, you breathe hard, your palms sweat. But when it comes to sexually transmitted diseases, you may not have any warning signs.
Source:StayWell
Date:August 14, 2003
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are viral and bacterial infections passed from one person to another through sexual contact. Adolescence is a time of opportunities and risk when many health behaviors are established.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Genital Warts (Condyloma)
Genital Warts (Condyloma)Note:Latex condoms may help protect against genital warts. But condoms don’t cover all the areas that can get infected.
Source:StayWell
Date:August 14, 2003
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