HPV, Is it able to attack the man?
Human papilloma virus (HPV) not only affects women. The virus is also stalking the men. Although the effect was not as fierce as attacking women, men can be carriers and spread it.
Cervical cancer is still a very scary thing for women. Cancers caused by HPV has been claimed that not a few. World Health Organization (WHO) noted that there are hundreds of thousands of cases of HPV are diagnosed each year in the world and thousands of women die from cervical cancer, caused by HPV.
HPV is known to be one cause of cervical cancer. In fact, the virus is not the only cause of cervical cancer but can cause other diseases due to HPV consists of more than 100 types. In addition, HPV is not only attacking the women. This virus not indiscriminately attacks anyone, male or female.
HPV is easily spread and anyone can be infected. That is why, the virus called HPV hospitality. However, as a result of an attack occurring HPV in men is fierce as a woman. In men, HPV can cause genital warts (genital warts) in the form of chicken’s comb. It was only about 1 percent based on research in the United States. In its spread, HPV can cause cervical cancer, but did not rule out also to cause diseases of genital warts (genital warts) that commonly occur in males.
Professor Efren Domingo A MD PhD, cervical cancer expert from the Philippines said that the men could carry the HPV virus and spread it. To prevent spreading the virus HPC can be done at the stage of primary prevention is very important to do, including education and abstinence, monogamy, and using contraception. Prevention through vaccination makes the program more effective spread of the HPV virus.
Professor Efren Domingo A MD PhD also recommends that the vaccine against the men and women performed before entering the sexually active age. In the 90-10 age through adolescence is suggested that vaccination. The aim is that the more effective prevention programs.
According to Professor Efren Domingo A MD PhD, based on research in the Philippines there are about 20 percent of adolescents aged 15 years in the Philippines become sexually active. This of course makes the risk of getting cancer higher teens.
For men and women who have entered a period of sexually active who want to make HPV vaccination should conduct the examination, whether in the body storing a virus or not. After the screening and the results are negative, the vaccine will benefit.
Vaccination is a very practical way of prevention because it simply by injection does not require complex equipment and have a high effectiveness. Do not wait until the emergence of symptoms of HPV; do get the vaccine as soon as possible.
HPV vaccination can be administered at age 10 to 55 years and ideally before a person is sexually active. In addition, the HPV vaccine is also given three times with intervals of 6 months and one year.
Transmission of HPV occurs within the first two-three years after sexually active. The findings of the cases, about 50 percent of women who suffer from cervical cancer aged 35-55 years. However, the infections will happen only at young age. Transmission of HPV is not only through sexual contact, but all activities that allow genital contact.
Cervical cancer is caused by high risk types of HPV in the cervix which connects the genitals and the uterus. If not immediately detected at an early stage, the cells will develop into precancerous and cancerous. While low-risk HPV types, usually resulting in genital warts that only will grow in the genital area.
