Why can't a male get treated for HPV?

Answer 1

When the virus lays dormant in a persons body, there really isn't anything that person can do.

Until HPV actually causes health problems or concerns, like genital warts or cancer, there isn't anything that can be done. The virus just remains dormant.

Answer 2

A man does not have a cervix thats why. Only women have a cervix. It is more easy to find that a women has HPV through pap smeres and there for can get some help with it but it is hard to find it when a man has it.

There is no "cure" for HPV infection, although in most women the infection goes away on its own. The treatments provided are directed to the changes in the skin or mucous membrane caused by HPV infection, such as warts and pre-cancerous changes in the cervix.

As of now, there is not a medical test available for men to detect the HPV virus. Women are able to detect the virus through a test that consists of examining cervical cells under a microscope.

A doctor can visually examine the penis and surrounding areas for genital warts, a product of an HPV infection.

Answer 3

Hi there,

Of course males can be treated for HPV. HPV transmission can cause genital warts or abnormal cell changes in the cervix and other genital areas that can lead to cancer. There are however no specific tests for the strains of HPV that cause cancer in men at this time. Perhaps this is what you were alluding to.

While there is no cure, the good news is the infection often clears on its own. If it does not, and treatment is needed, there are many HPV treatment options. Plus, as more people are vaccinated with the new HPV vaccines, the rates of HPV infection may be greatly reduced.

For now, HPV treatment focuses on treating the symptoms of the infection. Symptoms include genital warts associated with low-risk HPV types (which don't generally lead to cancers) and the precancerous changes sometimes associated with the high-risk types of HPV viruses.

Simply testing positive for HPV may not mean you will need treatment, at least not immediately. After a positive HPV test, your doctor may suggest close monitoring.

For women, doctors may swab cells from the cervix, just as they are collected for a Pap test, and have them analyzed in a laboratory. This analysis looks for genetic material, or DNA, of HPV within the body's cells. It can detect the high-risk HPV types.

If a woman is infected with a type of HPV that can lead to cancer, the doctor may suggest frequent Pap tests to watch for signs of abnormal cell changes in the genital area. Abnormal cell changes in the cervix are a warning sign of possible cervical cancer. The doctor may also do a test called a colposcopy, in which a special magnifying device is used to look closely at the cervix, vagina, and vulva.

The HPV virus itself cannot be treated, but often the body will clear HPV infection on its own. In most women, cervical HPV infection clears on its own within two years of detection.

Hope this helps clarify things for you.

Cheers.

Answer 4

Men get treatment for HPV all the time.
It usually presents in the form of warts or if an anal PAP is performed.
Warts are burned; if there are anal warts, a colonoscopy may be performed to evaluate for further lesions. also ther's medication if the lesions are very limited.
Having said that, that doesn't mean that its cures forever. HPV tends to recurr. There's no cure for that.

Answer 5

actually i just heard on a medical radio show that their was a study that the HPV virus was found in the throats of males who engaged in oral sex. (i don't think they included gays in the study). it turned out that it might even cause throat cancer. the next battery of studies will be using the HPV vaccine on males. it'll take time, we'll see what happens.

Answer 6

HPV infection around the genitals is common, although most people have no symptoms.

Answer 7

because the doctor have to look in the vagina to find it and the doctor cant look through ur peel hole now can they