{"id":13917,"date":"2017-06-15T07:45:55","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T05:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pianetadonna.aogoi.it\/non-categorizzato\/primary-secondary-tertiary-prevention\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T13:48:10","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T11:48:10","slug":"primary-secondary-tertiary-prevention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pianetadonna.aogoi.it\/en\/sexually-transmitted-diseases\/hpv\/primary-secondary-tertiary-prevention\/","title":{"rendered":"PRIMARY, SECONDARY, TERTIARY PREVENTION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s a very good question because it helps to clarify the differences between the various <strong>levels of prevention <\/strong>and <strong>early diagnosis<\/strong> and the <strong><em>screening <\/em><\/strong>which many people still confuse with primary prevention, often deluding themselves that they can avoid the onset of a dreaded disease, like cancer, through a simple examination.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Primary prevention <\/strong>seeks to prevent a disease from occurring (i.e. to reduce the incidence) for example by increasing the body&#8217;s defenses, eliminating the causal factors of the disease, selecting and treating conditions of risk, for example with the use of a<strong> vaccination<\/strong> or with advice on how to change your lifestyle.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Secondary prevention <\/strong>concerns clinically healthy individuals with biological damage in progress and aims to heal the lesion before it can evolve into full-blown disease (this applies to cancer in particular).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Early diagnosis<\/strong> concerns individuals at the very earliest stage of the disease so as to be able to intervene with appropriate treatment and increase life expectancy\/ reduce mortality, despite there being no guarantees of being cured.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In fact, throughout their lives the individuals will have to undergo check-ups aimed at immediately intervening in the case of relapses.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Secondary prevention<\/strong> and <strong>early diagnosis<\/strong> are achieved through adequate <strong><em>screening<\/em><\/strong> programs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tertiary prevention<\/strong> lastly concerns the <strong>prevention of relapses<\/strong>, with the aim of reintegrating the patient in the family and social context as well as possible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To be even clearer let&#8217;s take as an example, the <strong>prevention of HPV-related cervical cancer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"350\">\n<p><strong>PRIMARY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>PREVENTION <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"350\">\n<p><strong>SECONDARY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>PREVENTION <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"350\">\n<p><strong>TERTIARY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>PREVENTION <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Girls aged 9-13<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Women aged &gt; 30<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Women of all ages<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><strong>HPV vaccination **<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Boys and girls, as recommended:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Information and warnings on the dangers of smoking which is also a risk factor for cervical cancer<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Age and culture- appropriate sex education<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Promotion of use of condoms<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>Screening and treatment where necessary:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 HPV testing to identify high-risk HPV types: 16,18, 31,33,45, 58<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>Treatment of invasive cancer at all ages:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Ablative surgery<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Radiation therapy<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Chemotherapy<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Palliative care<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>**The development of the nonavalent vaccine represents an important advance in the <strong>primary prevention<\/strong> of HPV-related disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What exactly does this mean? 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