Women's health will be the topic of the double episode of "15 minutes with ...", the in-depth talk on health of the Cagliari university hospital in collaboration with the Unione Sarda group, which will be broadcast live on Tuesday 19 April at 5 pm on the social networks of the Aou of Cagliari (Facebook, Instagram, Youtube), on the website www.aoucagliari.it, on the Facebook page of the Unione Sarda and on www.unionesarda.it.
Spectators will be able to apply live with Massimo Dessena, breast surgeon, and Maurizio D'Alterio, gynecologist at the Duilio Casula Polyclinic, guests of the column conducted by Fabrizio Meloni, Head of Communications and External Relations of the Aou.
Furthermore, on Wednesday readers of L'Unione Sarda will find further information on the newspaper's “Salute” insert.
Women's health starts from prevention, as it makes it possible to reduce the incidence of disease and mortality, and to promote the maintenance of well-being and quality of life. Among the main female ailments are gynecological problems, such as various irregularities in the menstrual cycle, endometriosis which affects 10-15% of women of reproductive age, and the papilloma virus (HPV) which is the main risk factor for cervical cancer (it is estimated that 80% of sexually active women can become infected with any type of HPV virus in the course of their lives).
One of the most diagnosed female pathologies is breast cancer: in Italy about 55,000 new diagnoses are estimated in 2020 and 12,500 deaths in 2021. Female well-being can therefore encounter various obstacles, but prevention is a fundamental tool: just think that with vaccination against HPV (if carried out at about 12 years) prevents the onset of an infection in almost all cases or that through the quarterly self-examination, mammography and breast ultrasound, with fixed fixed intervals, it is possible arrive at an early diagnosis of breast cancer, dramatically increasing the chances of recovery.
(Unioneonline)
