HPV in men?

Question

Can doctors determine what strain/type of HPV men have?

Answer 1

HPV testing is not available clinically. However in research settings (big medical research studies and so forth), they can test for HPV in men and do strain typing by obtaining "penile scrapings" (that's the term they use in medical literature) from genital skin.

Can *your* doctor do this? NO. HPV testing is too expensive and difficult and doesn't offer enough benefit to offer on a widespread scale.

Lastly, men are affected by HPV, too. It's not just risky because of cervical cancer. HPV causes genital warts in both geners. In men, HPV can cause penile and urethral cancers, and anorectal cancers in men who receive anal sex. Studies have also linked HPV to oral and pharyngeal cancers in people who perform oral sex.

Answer 2

No, hpv attacks a woman's cervix and that's about it. Men usually cannot even know they have it because most of the time it has no visible affects so they just keep passing it to a bunch of women who could end up with cervical cancer! But you can know if you have it if you have had unprotected sex with a women who has it. There are so many different strands it really doesn't matter which one you have. Just deciphering the high risk types is all that is significant.