10 Facts That You Should Know About HPV
Human Palpilloma Virus is the number one sexually transmitted disease in the United States. Here are some facts that you should know in order to understand and protect yourself.
HPV or Human Palpilloma Virus is the number one sexually transmitted infection in the United States. Though the disease can be transmitted unknowingly by males, it’s affect takes a bigger effect in females. Though this disease infects genital areas in risky ways, you may not know that you have the disease. Here are 10 facts about HPV that you need to know.
- HPV is the most commonly spread STI (sexually transmitted infection)
- HPV is transmitted through genital contact, but in some rare cases can be passed on from a mother to a child
- HPV can cause genital warts and cancer
- There are low-risk types of HPV and high-risk types. The low-risk type usually clears itself within 2 years. The high-risk type has to be treated.
- At least 50% of all sexually active men and women acquire this virus at least once in their lives
- Most affected persons of the infection do not know that they have the infection, or that they are passing it on to their partner
- There are more than 40 types of HPV viruses that can infect sexually active men and women
- Most high-risk cases of HPV are not discoverable until the advanced stages of the infection
- In rare cases, the virus can be passed on from a Mother to a child. The child can be born with recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP), in which warts develop in the mouth or voice box of the child.
- Certain people may be at a greater risk for HPV including gay and bisexual men, and people with weak immune systems
So what can you do to protect yourself from this infection? Use protection every time that you have sex unless you’re sure, definitely sure, that your partner has been checked and that you are in a monogamous relationship. The number one thing to do is have annual PAP smears, and have one each and every time that you switch partners. There are vaccines on the market for this infection (Gardasil), but if you already have a form of the infection; the vaccine will have no affect on you. If you are diagnosed with the infection, it’s not the end of the world. There are various treatment methods that your doctor can provide you with. Just help keep yourself and others in the population safe by being “one less.”
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IcyCucky | Jun 4, 2008 | Reply
Protection is always the best thing to do! Wonderful job!
Eric L Faulkner Eleaf Noel | Jun 6, 2008 | Reply
Good looking out for brother’s and sisters.
keep on sounding off the trumpets.
premarital sex is wrong, | Aug 23, 2008 | Reply
From the article
“The number one thing to do is have annual PAP smears, and have one each and every time that you switch partners.”
Save yourself until marriage altogether and you won’t have anything to worry about
Jill Tate | Sep 1, 2008 | Reply
Hello “premarital sex is wrong” thanks for the comments but unfortunately everyone does not think the same way that you do. If they did there wouldn’t be so many complications when it comes to sex. Your way sounds great but people don’t always do what YOU consider to be the right way.
Good for you for avoiding all of this and saving yourself for marriage!
Since you are so passionate about the subject, please, I encourage you write an article about how wrong it is. I’ll be sure to read it.
Thanks for reading!
Sarah B. | Sep 8, 2008 | Reply
One thing I just wanted to mention is that you can save yourself for marriage and still marry someone who could already be carrying an STD. So this information is useful to anyone.
Anyways I wanted to mention that you can still have the vacine gardasil even once you have gotten HPV. It won’t help against the strand you already have but it can protect you against the 30 something other ones.
Also, as a side note…if a doctor ever tells you that you have HPV and that you need a biopsy, cryofreeze or anything else, be sure to get a second opinion. Always make sure that this is not something that will go away with time, or that it’s not just our bodies natural abnormal cells and the doctors looking to do a procedure for extra money.
moswarthy | Apr 8, 2009 | Reply
Yeah, this is definitely dangerous. A friend of a friend of mine was messing with this one chick that people knew was sexually active. He asked her like 3 times was she straight, but she lied. Now he’s a carrier.