jimbo12
04-19-2008, 11:59 AM
whats the cure for HPV?
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Caliyogagirl
04-20-2008, 10:27 PM
whats the cure for HPV?
There is actually no cure for HPV. HPV is a virus. It also depends on what strain and if you have internal or external (vaginal or genital warts) symptoms. Internal HPV places women at high risk for cervical cancer and it also depends on the strain.
You can take care of your health (eat right, exercise, etc) to help keep your HPV at bay and there have been some HPV patients who have been able to keep the virus dormant (not showing any symptoms of HPV).
There are topical medication that do help for get rid of the genital warts, but the virus itself stays in your body.
Also, there is no test for men who have been exposed to HPV to see if they have HPV (the only way a man could tell is if he is diagnosed with genital warts and a doctor can actually see and diagnosed the warts).
Young women can now take the HPV vaccine but still doesn't guarantee that a woman won't contract HPV as their are many strains of it (and it doesn't guarantee them against getting cervical cancer).
The thing that really bothers me is that the HPV vaccine is being promoted as the "anti-cervical cancer" vaccine. It does help women make them less suspectible to HPV (but just because a woman has HPV it doesn't automatically mean she's going to get cervical cancer--she's at higher risk because many strains are associated with cervical cancer but there are no guarantees that women are totally safe just because they have the vaccine). Also, the vaccine doesn't help women who already have the virus.
Hope this helps. There is a LOT of misinformation out there about HPV and it really bothers me that people are so misinformed because of the incorrect information that is being circulated.
There is actually no cure for HPV. HPV is a virus. It also depends on what strain and if you have internal or external (vaginal or genital warts) symptoms. Internal HPV places women at high risk for cervical cancer and it also depends on the strain.
You can take care of your health (eat right, exercise, etc) to help keep your HPV at bay and there have been some HPV patients who have been able to keep the virus dormant (not showing any symptoms of HPV).
There are topical medication that do help for get rid of the genital warts, but the virus itself stays in your body.
Also, there is no test for men who have been exposed to HPV to see if they have HPV (the only way a man could tell is if he is diagnosed with genital warts and a doctor can actually see and diagnosed the warts).
Young women can now take the HPV vaccine but still doesn't guarantee that a woman won't contract HPV as their are many strains of it (and it doesn't guarantee them against getting cervical cancer).
The thing that really bothers me is that the HPV vaccine is being promoted as the "anti-cervical cancer" vaccine. It does help women make them less suspectible to HPV (but just because a woman has HPV it doesn't automatically mean she's going to get cervical cancer--she's at higher risk because many strains are associated with cervical cancer but there are no guarantees that women are totally safe just because they have the vaccine). Also, the vaccine doesn't help women who already have the virus.
Hope this helps. There is a LOT of misinformation out there about HPV and it really bothers me that people are so misinformed because of the incorrect information that is being circulated.
Thisby
04-21-2008, 05:19 AM
There is no cure for the virus itself. If it goes on to cause other problems, then there are different approaches to curing them.
As for the vaccine being called the anti-cervical cancer vaccine. That name is justified. The vaccine was created to specifically prevent infection by the 2 most common strains responsible for 70% of all cases of cervical cancer. Even though it's obviously not 100%, it's pretty good.
As for the vaccine being called the anti-cervical cancer vaccine. That name is justified. The vaccine was created to specifically prevent infection by the 2 most common strains responsible for 70% of all cases of cervical cancer. Even though it's obviously not 100%, it's pretty good.