New HPV Test to Detect Cervical Cancer Strains

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ultram prescription dosage of MN 4:42PM July 05, 2009

I am a 25 year old man who has had a total of two sex partners. The first one was my ex-girlfriend and we always used protection. The second one will haunt me for the rest of my life. I am one of the "rarely affected" men dealing with this, so please understand that high risk strains can give men cancer too. The thing that hurts me most is the woman who gave this to me knew she carried the virus and neglected to tell me figuring I would bear no consequences. Please understand it is bad for men too! Not to mention if you don't marry him he will likely pass it on to others. For God's sake, if anyone is reading this do not do what she did to me. My prayers are with anyone else facing genital cancer and I hope future generations are free from such burdens.

Bill Ackerman of OH 10:58PM June 19, 2009

And as I understand it, HPV doesn't cause the health risks in men like it does in women, and an HPV test doesn't exist for men even though they get it and spread it just as rampantly as women. This means that even if you try to be careful by asking or having your partner get tested for any STDs before you decide to have intercourse, HPV will not show up even if he has it. So a woman will assume it's safe, that her partner is clean, but may get it anyway -- even if condoms are used because HPV is spread skin to skin, and a condom doesn't cover all the skin in the area that comes in contact with you when you're intimate.
This virus that men can't detect in themselves and probably don't even think about is responsible for causing cervical, anal and oral cancers in women! I want to know why on earth isn't there a way for women to find out if the person they're sleeping with has HPV? I am a single, educated, 38 year old, and didn't know any of this until recently. I wonder how many other women are out there thinking they're careful about when and who they have sex with, yet aren't aware of this. If both men and women knew more about the serious risks and prevalence of HPV, we'd have a safer world that might not continue to erode the significance of having sex with someone.

Annie of MO 8:11PM May 17, 2009

To FLNanny,
The only way to make sure your children do not get HPV is if they remain virgins the rest of their lives. Anyone that has had children is at risk of having HPV because they had to have sex in order to have children! Telling your children not to have sex until they get married is not the solution. They could do exactly that - wait to have sex until they get married and STILL GET HPV.
I agree with Cannoli. Placing blame on women because they have sex is not the answer. Of course we have to teach responsibility and not encourage promiscuity. But, it's attitudes like this that place shame on those of us who do have HPV. Over 80% of women get infected with HPV. The only difference is most women are luckily enough that their immune systems are able to fight the infection off.

janet of CA 9:14PM May 06, 2009

Anyone can get HPV (and most do statistically)...you can have sex with 1 person, be a virgin on your honeymoon and get it so blame serves no purpose here. Unless both parties have never had any sexual contact (unrealistic in today's world), you are at risk. I think the scientific community and all Drs. need to educate people better on this disease and hopefully, come up with solutions for virus suppression. Why the virus causes NO problems in some and ongoing problems/cancer in others will be the next frontier. It's great that this test will be available so that people will know if they were infected with types 16 or 18 as they have been idenified to be the deadliest. Up until now, you could only know if you have an active infection with HPV (and that could be either a high or low risk strain).

Cannoli of CA 12:53PM April 10, 2009