According to statistics, today about 80% of all women at least once suffered from various infections are transmitted sexually. Moreover, the consequences of these infections may be much more serious than their signs, which as a rule are mostly discomfort and pain. The infections are sexually transmitted, falling and developing in the vagina, causing disturbances in its normal microflora. The genital infections with both developed and conditionally-pathogenic bacteria that cause of inflammatory diseases of the female genitals – salpingitis, salpingooforit, adnexyt, and cervicitis. Some inflammatory changes (especially inflammation of the cervix) can be converted into precancerous conditions, such as erosion. If these changes are not treated, they can switch in cancer. Some viruses are also considered onco-genes- such as papilloma virus. Some types of this virus (type 16 and type 18) are associated with increased risk of cancer of the cervix.
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Minds of people about it in public places and which objects are contained the highest amount of bacteria is quite different in reality. This show the results of a study conducted by Korean researchers commissioned by the local Council for Consumer Protection. According to the greatest amount of harmful bacteria contained on the handles of carts in supermarkets – 1100 units of bacteria per 10 square centimeters. Secondly, the computer mouse on the Internet cafes – 690 units of bacteria. Hand in urban transport occupy third place with 380 units of bacteria, followed by the handles on the doors of lavatories. The list ends with the buttons on the elevator (130 units of bacteria) and hand in the metro (86). At the same time the minds of the people are quite different. According to a U.S. telephone survey, which involved over 1000 people, 64 percent of respondents believe that most bacteria have on the door handle of the toilet, 75 percent considered the most dangerous of toilet lids in restaurants, while in Indeed, bacteria that gather in the kitchen sink, significantly exceed the amount of bacteria in the toilet.
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