Prevention and Education
How do you contract HPV?
These infections are often transmitted sexually or through other skin-to-skin contact.
How long does it take to see signs of HPV?
It can take anywhere from a few weeks to years to show signs.
Men have different signs and symptoms of HPV than women?
False.
What is a common HPV vaccine?
Gardasil.
What are the risk of delivering a baby vaginally with having HPV?
Large genital warts can obstruct the birth canal which would call for a C-section.
At what age can you be vaccinated for HPV?
Starting at 9 years old to 26 years old.
Sign and symptoms of HPV for the majority of people that have HPV.
What is none.
All strands of HPV cause cancer.
False
What are podofilox solution or gel, imiquimod cream, and sinecatechins ointment?
Topical treatments for HPV.
Most common risk of HPV
Numerous partners with unprotected sexual practices.
Being vaccinated, using condoms, reducing number of sexual partners, and maintaining regular OBGYN visits.
What are common ways of spreading HPV?
How do you know if you have HPV?
The common symptom would be genital warts.
The HPV infection can go away without treatment.
True
A more extensive way of removal of genital warts.
Cryotherapy (tissue destruction by extreme cold)
People with autoimmune disorders, such as HIV/AIDS positive patients.
What are the strands that could cause cervical cancer?
Strands 16 and 18 have been linked back to the cause of cervical cancer.
What do abnormal pap smears indicate?
A positive test result means that you have a type of high-risk HPV that's linked to cervical cancer. Not that you have cancer, but a follow up biopsy of the cells are taken to be tested for cancerous cells.
By using a condom you are not at risk for acquiring HPV.
False.
What is LEEP used for?
It is a low-voltage electrified wire loop to remove genital warts by heating the margin of the area to be removed, which separates the wart from the skin.
A common risk of transmitting HPV.
Oral encounters, are risk as well.
How are the HPV vaccines given?
They are given in 3 doses over a course of 6 months often given in the deltoid.
These usually appear as a small bumps or group of bumps in the genital area. They can be small or large, raised or flat, or shaped like a cauliflower. A healthcare provider can usually diagnose after checking genital areas.
What are genital warts?
There is a cure for the Human Papilloma Virus.
False.
Does removal of warts eradicate HPV?
It doesn't remove the virus completely, it still remains in the basal layers of the skin.
Risk factors that contribute to the increased likelihood of persistent HPV infection.
Risk include smoking, poor genital hygiene, and lack of educational recourses.