HPV((human+papilloma+virus)

HPV.

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The scientific name of this commonly known disease is Human Papilloma virus, it occurs when a HPV virus enter your body through a break in the skin or other body surfaces. Once it enters your body, the virus infects your 'keratinocytes' skin cells and it will reproduces itself.

Human Papilloma virus can be a sexually transmitted or it can as well be a sudden change in our body cells.With over 100 different types of HPV viruses, more than 30 types of HPV viruses can be transmitted sexually, these transmissions occur among sexual partners, researches show the fact that 50% of men and women that are sexually active will get infected by HPV at some point in their lives, approximately 80% of women gets infected by a genital HPV virus.

Since there are a variety of HPV viruses, symptoms vary according to the type of virus. Virus that causes cervical cancer do not produce any type of symptoms. On the other hand, if the type of HPV virus does cause a symptom to appear, it's most likely to be genital warts, in this way, you can tell if you are infected by HPV. A genital wart can have various of appearences, it can be a single or multiple wart or even the shape of a cauliflower. However some types if HPV infections are related to cancer, genital areas like penis, anus, valve...in this case, the virus can goes into our body without us knowing or causing any of the symptoms. Normally when affected by genital warts it can take up to 4 weeks longer for it to recover depending on the medical treatment.

The HPV virus can't be truly cured, the virus usually lives and reproduces in our genital areas or in on our skin. However there's always a way to prevent the virus getting into our bodies. The most common way is an injection called ___,

(If a genital wart symptoms of it may appear again and again or your immune system might be strong and you will never have the symptoms ever again in your life.)??? Being infected again by a different type of HPV virus after getting infected the first time is also possible. To prevent symptoms from showing again, leading a healthy life plays a key role. By leading a healthy life you can strengthen your immune system to fight off HPV and to prevent getting infected by other types of the same virus.

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