what are the affects of the HPV on males?

Answer 1

Men can be directly affected by HPV just like women can. Men can develop genital warts as well as penile and anal cancer (both of these cancers are VERY rare though).

Men are also able to "carry" HPV strains or kinds that can cause cervical cancer in women. Obviously it doesn't directly affect them because men don't have a cervix, but they can spread these kinds of HPV to any female they have sex with or direct skin to skin contact with.

Check out the link below for more information about HPV and men:
http://www.cdc.gov/std/hpv/STDFact-HPV-and-men.htm

Answer 2

Most people who have a genital HPV infection do not know they are infected. The virus lives in the skin or mucous membranes and usually causes no symptoms. Some people get visible genital warts, or have pre-cancerous changes in the cervix, vulva, anus, or penis. Very rarely, HPV infection results in anal or genital cancers.

Genital warts usually appear as soft, moist, pink, or flesh-colored swellings, usually in the genital area. They can be raised or flat, single or multiple, small or large, and sometimes cauliflower shaped. They can appear on the vulva, in or around the vagina or anus, on the cervix, and on the penis, scrotum, groin, or thigh. After sexual contact with an infected person, warts may appear within weeks or months, or not at all.

Genital warts are diagnosed by visual inspection. Visible genital warts can be removed by medications the patient applies, or by treatments performed by a health care provider. Some individuals choose to forego treatment to see if the warts will disappear on their own. No treatment regimen for genital warts is better than another, and no one treatment regimen is ideal for all cases.