hpv

HPV is the acronym for Human papillomavirus, a family of viruses that affect human skin and mucous membranes. While there are close to 200 asymptomatic HPV strains, some of them can cause warts, and others can even lead to cancers in the genital area of both men and women. In rare cases, HPV can lead to cancers of the throat and tongue.

Genital warts count among the most recognizable signs of an HPV infection. Since there are over 120 types of papillomaviruses, different strains are referred to by number. HPV types 6 and 11 are responsible for the overwhelming majority of genital warts. There is currently no known cure for HPV, although genital warts treatment to reduce infectivity, as well improve the appearance of the infected areas, does exist.

Various types of creams and gels are recommended for smaller warts, while laser treatment and surgical removal may be needed to handle larger warts. Nonetheless, the human immune system can fight and eliminate HPV within 2 years for 90% of infection cases.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “hpv”

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  What You Should Know Before Giving Your Child the Gardasil Vaccine
  If you’re considering the Gardasil vaccine for your children, please keep these facts in mind.
  by inkbug777 / on Dec 12, 2011
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  HPV vaccine to prevent anal and throat cancers in males; cervical cancer in females.
  by evilwife / on Oct 26, 2011
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  Calling the (Unconstitutional) Shots in California
  Apparently Brown thinks a child can decipher the medical jargon in a twenty-seven page product insert, including statistical details from placebo controlled trials, but doesn't think teens can make decisions about whether or not they will get a sunburn in a tanning bed.
  by alixmednauseam / on Oct 12, 2011

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• Recommendations For HPV And Hepatitis B Vaccinations Broadened By 2012 Adult Immunization Schedule

  
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  The CDCs Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) now recommends routine HPV vaccination for males aged 11 to 12 years and catch-up vaccination for males aged 13 to 21. These are just two of the changes to the 2012 Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule published February 1 in Annals of Internal Medicine, ...
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• Oral HPV Infection Linked to Mouth and Throat Cancer

  
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  A study published online by the Journal of the American Medical Association found that an estimated 7 percent of American teens and adults carry the human papillomavirus (HPV) in their mouths. The study may lead health experts towards understanding the increasing trend of incidence of mouth and throat cancer for ...
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• Oral Cancer Virus More Common In Men

  
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  Compared to women, more than twice as many men are infected with oral HPV. Prevalence of the cancer-causing virus increases with the number of sexual partners. Oral human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is more common among men than women, leading to an increased risk for men of head and neck cancers, a US study ...
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• Men At Greater Risk For Oral HPV Infection, HPV-Related Cancers

  
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  Oral HPV infection is more common among men than women, explaining why men are more prone than women to develop an HPV related head and neck cancer, according to a study presented at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium, sponsored by AHNS, ASCO, ASTRO and SNM. Human papillomavirus, or HPV, has recently ...
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• Bills would repeal HPV vaccine requirement

  
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  In 2007, the General Assembly passed a law requiring girls to be vaccinated against the cancer-causing human papillomavirus before entering the sixth grade. Now, two bills before the General Assembly would repeal that requirement.
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• 2-Year Study Finds Gardasil Does Not Trigger Autoimmune Conditions After Vaccination

  
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  Gardasil, the human papillomavirus vaccine that is now recommended for male and female adolescents and young adults, does not trigger autoimmune conditions such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, type 1 diabetes or multiple sclerosis after vaccination in young women, according to a new study in the Journal of Internal ...
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• Indications Of A Benefit In Primary HPV Testing

  
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• Cervical Cancer Screening Via Self-Collection

  
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• Sex and Deviance: How Women Get Screwed

  
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• Excuse Me Waiter – There’s a Fly in My Vaccine Soup!

  
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• Aspirin Merits Testing For Prevention Of Cervical Cancer In HIV-Infected Women

  
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• The Le Roy Twelve: Mass Hysteria? Gardasil? PANDAS? Aluminum Toxicity? – A Discussion on Environmental Factors, Mitochondrial Damage and Vaccine-Injury

  
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• Body Burden — The Pollution in Newborns

  
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• Many Young HIV-Positive Women May Benefit From Cervical Cancer Vaccine

  
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• Monsanto Land was Poisoned and the Barren Women Cried.

  
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• Are Skin Growhts infectious? How to Remove Common Warts?

  
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  No. There is not right evidence to suggest that common Skin tags are infectious. Most likely, people do not catch up with them from anyone and do not transmit them to anyone. While Fibroma are caused by a virus called HPV and are known to be very contagius, most Skin Growhts are not thought to ...
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• New Indicator May Help Identify Patients With Throat Cancer

  
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• Will FDA Approve Cervical Cancer Screening Device? An Editorial

  
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• Cervical Cancer 101

  
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• New indicator may help identify patients with increased risk from throat cancer

  
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