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Thank God I don’t have a cervix
Yeah, but your wife or your girlfriend do have one, you self-centered bastard. You’re not in the clear either as 50 percent of penile cancers and 85 percent of anal cancers are caused by HPV as well. On the brighter side, penile cancer is very rare, with an occurrence of 1 in every 100,000 in the United States. Anal cancer is also uncommon.

Are there tests available to find out if you’re infected?
Currently, there are none for men. The only approved HPV test today is for women, as part of a cervical screening program.

If I do find out that I do have HPV, or genital warts, what treatments are available?
The virus itself cannot be treated, but like the common cold, it will be flushed out by a healthy immune system in time. As for genital warts, these can be treated with medicine, removed through surgery or frozen off. Penile or anal cancers are treatable with surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy.

How do I lower my chances of getting HPV?
You can lower your chances of getting HPV to zero percent by abstaining from sex. But since you can’t do that, condoms can give partial protection if used properly. The parts that aren’t covered by the condom can still be infected though. Limiting sexual partners is also a good way to lower chances of getting HPV. Recently, the Bureau of Food and Drugs has approved the use of quadrivalent HPV recombinant vaccine in men. The vaccine has demonstrated to be safe and effective in preventing wart-causing HPV types 6 and 11, and cancer-causing HPV types 16 and 18.

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