Friday, November 30, 2012

All about the Human Papilloma Virus

Syndrome or Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a virus that causes a common warts on the hands, feet, on the genitals, in the cervix, and raises some serious injuries in the mucous membranes of the oral cavity , anal and genital.
The genital HPV infection and cervical HPV is one of the most common diseases of sexual transmission that ultimately can produce uterine cancer, uterine cancer and cervical cancer symptoms.
There are about 60 subtypes of Human Papilloma Virus already identified, some of which are associated with cancerous and precancerous conditions. The virus can be transmitted through sexual contact and is frequently found in cervical cancer what is known as cervical HPV.
Other types of HPV are associated with cervical cancer development of the uterine cervix. Despite the strong links between HPV and cervical cancer, most HPV infections resolve spontaneously and do not cause progressive damage. While infection with HPV is common in cancer develops in time only a small percentage of patients infected cervical cancer.
There are several other factors besides HPV that can cause cervical cancer:
Cigarette smoking and snuff.
Prolonged use of oral contraceptives for more than five years.
Sex at an early age.
Having multiple sexual partners.
Having HPV or any other STD.
HPV and cervical cancer do not show a very marked symptoms, besides the appearance of warts on the genitals and other body parts are not very visible symptoms the calving demonstrating this condition. It is customary to present itchy warts are appearing gradually, if it so immediately go to a specialist to recommend a treatment indicated before the discomfort becomes cervical cancer symptoms.

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