random facts about hpv?

Question

im doing a report on hpv and genital warts.... know any random facts? thanks.

Answer 1

Human papillomavirus is the name of a group of viruses that includes more than 100 different strains or types. More than 30 of these viruses are sexually transmitted.

Most people who become infected with HPV will not have any symptoms and will clear the infection on their own.

Approximately 20 million people are currently infected with HPV.

At least 50 percent of sexually active men and women acquire genital HPV infection at some point in their lives.

By age 50, at least 80 percent of women will have acquired genital HPV infection.

About 6.2 million Americans get a new genital HPV infection each year.

Rarely, a pregnant woman can pass HPV to her baby during vaginal delivery. A baby that is exposed to HPV very rarely develops warts in the throat or voice box.

There is no "cure" for HPV infection, although in most women the infection goes away on its own.

Approximately 10 of the 30 identified genital HPV types can lead, in rare cases, to development of cervical cancer.

For 2004, the American Cancer Society estimates that about 10,520 women will develop invasive cervical cancer and about 3,900 women will die from this disease.
http://www.cdc.gov/std/HPV/STDFact-HPV.htm

Answer 2

Interesting Facts About Hpv

Answer 3

Up to 80% of all women are exposed to HPV anyway. Chances are, she already had it. If you want to help her, become an advocate for gynecological care and make sure she has her regular scheduled pap smears every 6 months. If HPV becomes a problem for her, it should show up on a pap smear. If it shows up, it is very treatable. Most cases of HPV resolve themselves after a 6 month or so blowup period. I had HPV and irregular paps 8 or so years ago, but gave birth to a healthy baby a few months ago. It's not a major cause for concern as LONG as she has her checkups! NOW...as far as the cheating is concerned...the answer is yes...if he's cheating and you feel she should know, there is no good reason not to tell her.

Answer 4

A Pap can miss abnormal cell changes. It is best to always include the HPV test with our Pap test. www.thehpvtest.com

Visible genital warts are of low risk HPV types 6 or 11 but 20 to 50% of people with genital warts also carry a co-infection of high risk HPV types.

The Gyn-Gals keep current media and medical news @

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/hpvgyngalinfo/

I am sure you will find lots of random facts here.

Good luck with your report.

Answer 5

an interesting thing is that the body can surpress it and you can come up with normal paps after some time. it isn't known whether it is hiding in the body or whether the body literally cleared it.

the most common types of cancer causing hpv are 16 and 18. guardasil, the new vaccine, protects against those types and 2 others that make up about 70% of the hpv out there. hopefully we will have a new generation of young ladies who do not have to worry nearly as much about cervical cancer and dysplasia (a name for the change in cervical cells).

you can have normal pap tests right after hpv surgery but your DNA test for HPV will come back positive, meaning all the bad cells were taken but the virus remains in your system.

it is known to go into remission and then reactivate, and no one knows why this happens.

comdoms are protective in 70% of cases of men passing HPV to women in regular sexual contact with regular condom use according to one study, the only really good one available so far on HPV. the rate of women passing hpv to men is not known, because there are no FDA approved tests for men to detect teh cancer causing strains and no symptoms in men. men are carriers.

because it can hide in the body for years before becoming activated, there is no way to know who gave it to you, unless you were a virgin and have only had one sex partner. then you kinda know. but for me- i've had more than one partner- there is no way i could know who gave me HPV, or how long i've had it. i get my yearly paps and yearly checkups, and they caught it at level 3 (level 4 is cancer) at my last checkup. i had to have LEEP (electro surgery where they take a red-hot, burning wire loop and use it to scrape/cut away bad parts of your cervix for biopsy and removal). don't worry, you get shots to prevent the pain. well, prevent most of the pain.

you'll be able to find a lot of women here who have had hpv who may know more than i do. i just think it is interesting that it can go into remission and then spring back, and go into remission and no one knows why.

also, many women develop low-grade cervical changes and fight off the virus, and they are fine after that, and immune to that strain. only some unlucky ones get cancer.

ooops- you asked about warts in particular....i've never (and hope to never) had warts. warts are a low-cancer risk type of hpv.

Answer 6

A random fact is that you can take Folic Acid and Vitamin B complex to strengthen the immune system and regenerate cell development. This is not the answer, but you should be taking some kind of vitamins if you dont get all of your vitamins from food groups.

Answer 7

Alli gave some great facts, you can also check http://www.hpvsafety.com/hpv_quick_facts.html

for some other quick facts to use.