The human papilloma virus and its prevention
Written by:The Human Papillomavirus (HPV ) brings the sexually transmitted infection more common. In fact, it is estimated that 4 out of 5 people will get this virus at some point in their lives. Still, thankfully, in 80% of cases the HPV disappears by itself without creating health problems.
If HPV does not go away, however, it may cause problems such as genital warts or cancer. In fact, 99.9 % of cancers of Neck Utero are produced by the human papilloma virus, which is essential to prevent and treat it.
¿Because HPV is spread
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The HPV to the genital or anal area is spread by sexual contact and affects mainly. It is spread by contact with, ie, by contact of mucous. Therefore, a good way to prevent HPV is to use condoms. Although not fully protected, this contraceptive method significantly reduces the risk of infection, so it should be used whenever the penis is inside the vagina.
¿Since this is
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Women should vaccinated against HPV at any age, because it is a preventive measure. In addition, since the HPV usually causes no symptoms, can be infected and unknowingly transmitted. The only way to detect it is making a cytology of the cells of the cervix ( Pap ), so it is recommended to do this test at least every two years.
In the case of being infected by the virus, women should also be vaccinated, since vaccine helps remove, to stop transmitting and, if a precancerous lesion, that it will make no progress and therefore, it does not result in cancer later.
The vaccine also men, infected or not recommended to prevent or treat genital warts, not transmit HPV to their partners and to avoid the rare cases of anal cancer.
In any case, strict prevention of papillomavirus is recommended, which is achieved going to the gynecologist routinely and get vaccinated.
