Thursday, March 24, 2011

Introduction to STIs: HPV

HPV, or Human Papilloma Virus, is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the world. There are over a hundred different types of HPV; many cause skin warts, some cause genital warts, others can cause cancer.

Genital warts are a mild symptom that are nothing more than small lumps of wrinkled skin. They may be itchy or uncomfortable but they mean that you do not have HPV related cancer. Also in over 90% of genital wart cases the body's immune system will clear it up in under two years.

A more serious effect of HPV is cervical cancer. This cancer does not have symptoms until it is very advanced, so the mortality rate is very high. Over 12,000 women in the US alone are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year. To diagnose cervical cancer early, it is best for women to get frequent PAP tests.

Two vaccines are available to provide protection against the types of HPV that cause cervical cancer.These two vaccines are Cervix and Gardisil. The main difference between the two are the age ranges they were approved for. Cervix is approved only for females between the ages of 10 to 25; Gardisil is FDA approved fro both males and females ages 9 to 26.

The vaccines are available at many clinics so get vaccinated today.

For more information on HPV:
*http://www.kaiseredu.org/Issue-Modules/HPV-Vaccines-and-Cancer-in-the-US/Background-Brief.aspx
*http://www.cdc.gov/std/hpv/stdfact-hpv.htm

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