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Originally Posted by christiangirl
Yeah, I was going to say this reminds me of that episode of Degrassi where Emma goes down on her boyfriend's best friend and her sore throat turns out to be gonorrhea. Watching her tell her parents that she needed to go to the clinic broke my heart and had my rolling at the same time. 
And since HPV is a virus that can lead to cervical cancer (and males don't have a cervix), I didn't know males can have HPV.  Learn somethin' new everyday. |
I'm seriously thinking about sending you my textbook from my Psychology of Sex class. It covers the whole range of topics you seem to need learning on
HPV is a virus with multiple strains. Viruses don't discriminate between males and females, but they can have different effects. HPV is one of those viruses that many, if not most, people get and simply get over. However having specific strains of it increases your chances of cervical cancer. This is the same virus that is responsible for genital warts, just a different strain. Penile cancer is another effect although not as prevalent as cervical cancer.
The HPV vaccine contains protection from four strains. Two are the ones that are the predominant precursors to cancer, two are major causers of genital warts.
Men are less likely to catch many STDs but more likely to spread them to women if they have them. Immunizing men would help prevent their both catching and spreading HPV.