what is hpv?

Question

VERY COMMON..........HOW WILL I KNOW I GOT IT
IS THERE LOVE ATFER THIS FOR ME?

Answer 1

Welcome to HPV for dummies. This website explains the basics of HPV, or human papillomavirus, and how it most commonly affects normal people. If you have just been diagnosed and are looking for information, I hope the site will be helpful to you. It’s called “HPV for Dummies” because I know how confusing much of the information about HPV available on the web can be, and so my aim is to explain, in plain English, general information about the virus.



· HPV causes genital warts and abnormal cells on the cervix which can lead to cervical cancer if left untreated

· It can also cause cellular changes that can lead to vaginal, vulvar, anal, and less commonly penile and oral cancers

· Most people will get HPV at some point in their lives, and experts estimate the lifetime risk of acquiring HPV to be between 70 and 90%, depending on what you read

· Most people do not show any symptoms



“HPV for Dummies” is intended for the average person who has to deal with HPV. I do not have any medical background or experience. This website is simply a compilation of everything I’ve learned since I was diagnosed. Please do not take the answers I provide as the final word on any HPV-related issue, because they cannot substitute for professional knowledge or expertise. HPV information is constantly growing and changing. Sometimes I change my answers because I find out something I didn’t know before, so check back often. And because there are so many what-ifs and gray areas, where even experts disagree, you should never rely on only one source to give you the right answer. Always consult at least two or three different sources before believing something.



Disclaimer: I include my personal experience and observations in parts of the site where I believe they may prove helpful. Generally those pages are marked with a Personal Opinion Alert box. Please also check my links page for my full listing of sources, since none of the research listed on these pages is my own.



I wish you good fortune in your quest for information! J

Answer 2

Human Papaloma Virus(HPV) is a sexually transmitted disease that can develop if you contract STDs like Gonnorhea, Clamydia, Herpes(most common), or others and is also the precursor to several different kinds of cervical cancers which is serious since this is the most common of all female cancers that isnt detected and is usually caught too late. You'll know when you get pap smears from your doctor and they notice something irregular about the discharge sample they took.

You develop warts on your genitals simillar to genital warts, but you'll have reoccurances since HPV has no cure at this time. This is why it's important for people to use condoms because if this was done more often many STDs will be eradicated and many of them will in fact go away permanently, but as long as we have idiots in the world who are putting their health and the health of others on the line the world will see a huge increase in this disease in many women.

Answer 3

What is HPV
Human Papillomavirus, more commonly known as HPV, is a viral infection spread through skin to skin sexual contact. HPV is a group of over 100 different viruses, with at least 30 strains known to cause different types of cancer. There is currently no cure for HPV.

How Can You Get HPV

HPV is transmitted by skin to skin contact through vaginal, anal and oral sex with a partner who already has HPV. If infected, signs and symptoms may take weeks, months and even years to appear. Symptoms may never appear.

Symptoms of HPV

Symptoms of HPV normally appear in the form a cauliflower like growths called genital warts. These warts may also be flat. They can be found on the inside and the outside of the vagina. These growths may take weeks or even years to show after having sex with an infected partner. Again, they may appear show at all.

How Do I Know If I Have HPV?

An HPV test can be done to determine if a person has HPV. Testing samples of cervical cells is an effective way to identify high-risk types of HPVs that may be present. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an HPV test that can identify 13 of the high-risk types of HPVs associated with the development of cervical cancer. There is currently no test to determine if a man has HPV.

Preventing HPV

Abstaining from any type of sexual realtions is ideal in preventing HPV, but not very realisitc these days for adults. Wearing a condom provides limited protection. The male condom provides limited protection. Keep in mind that since HPV may not show any visible symptoms, your partner may still be infected.


HPV is a Risk Factor For Cervical Cancer

Having many sexual partners is a risk factor for HPV infection. Although most HPV infections go away on their own without causing any type of abnormality, infection with high-risk HPV types increases the chance that mild abnormalities will progress to more severe abnormalities to cervical cancer.

Still, of the women who do develop abnormal cell changes with high-risk types of HPVs, only a small percentage would develop cervical cancer if the abnormal cells were not removed. Studies suggest that whether a woman develops cervical cancer depends on a variety of factors acting together with high-risk HPVs. The factors that may increase the risk of cervical cancer in women with HPV infection include smoking and having many children.

What are the high risk strains of HPV?Many of the strains that are dangerous to cervical health can be identified with a test. The strains most associated with cervical cancer are 16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, 68, 69, and possibly a few others. Keep in mind that the risk is still relatively low that cancer will develop

Answer 4

It is a sexually transmitted disease called Human papillomovirus. The usual sign of having it is genital warts. You can also develop warts on other parts of the body. The warts are treatable but they can come back because you never get rid of the virus. Probably the best defense would be to use a condom, but it is not 100%.

Answer 5

I know that you're focusing on the sexual side of HPV as are most of the responses that you have received however:

HPV is the Human Papilloma Virus.

Not only can it be sexually transmitted but it is the cause of every single wart that every single person has had on their body.

HPV is genital warts, plantar warts, and any wart that you can find on yours or anyone elses body.

Answer 6

Its genital warts... you know you have the actual disease when you break out in tiny little cauliflower lumps all over your private parts and yes in you bum too.
It can cause cervical cancer.
It is incurable and scars the tissue that it affects.
A little known fact is that one in every THREE people carry the virus but not everyine who does actually has a break out.

Answer 7

Its a virus .. teach you to treat your body as your gold mind not to be played with . you need to ask your doctor about treatment and future sex . I do not have actual experience with that virus only info I get from the web

Answer 8

It is human papilloma virus. Do some looking about what it involves. I would say there will be someone who would love you after you get it.

Answer 9

human papilloma virus. one of the dna oncogenic carcinogenic one

Answer 10

Check these sites: