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Causes and Symptoms

Symptoms can include genital and oral warts and possible cancer. However, most people do not know that they have HPV because they don’t experience symptoms. A pap-smear can show weather or not you have HPV. Vaccines are available to reduce your chances of HPV, but they do not cure HPV or make you completely immune.

HPV is a viral STD, which means that a group of viruses cause HPV. This means that it has no cure.

SOURCES:
Center for disease control
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7th Grade Science
9th Grade Health

HPV

Nick Harrian, Sarah Woolaway, and Little Geoffrey

HPV, or human papillomavirus, is a sexually transmitted infection that can cause genital warts, cervical cancer, and other cancers. It is extremely important to educate yourself on how to prevent HPV.

Prevention of HPV

Treatments

Contraction of HPV

Abstinence is the best way to prevent any type of STD or STI.
Make sure to use condoms, or any type of reliable birth control in the event of sexual intercourse.

If you have HPV, there are a few treatment options available, although there is no cure. There are treatments available for warts, which can include freezing of warts, medication, and surgeries. You can also be treated for cervical and genital cancer caused by HPV. Even though HPV symptoms can frequently go away, it is still important to be treated.

You can get HPV through sexual intercourse or other sexual contact including vaginal, oral, and anal sex. There are other ways HPV can be transmitted including blood to blood contact. Anytime bodily fluids are exchanged there is the chance of getting an STD or STI.

HELP!!

In the event of either getting an STD, or becoming pregnant, there are several places you can go to get help. Planned Parenthood will offer anonymous support to anyone dealing with an STD or pregnancy.