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Old 08-28-2003, 03:42 PM
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Males can be infected with HPV and not know it. They can also be infected with the strain that causes genital warts and have warts. The way my Dr. explained it to me is it is rare to be found in the mouth but if you do have oral HPV it can be spread by saliva, but that is rare. HPV is normally spread by sexual intercourse and a condom can NOT protect you 100%. A man can have HPV, wear a condom and still infect a women just like a infected women can spread it to a man wearing a condom. HPV mainly affects females more then males. Females can get pelvic inflammatory disease, genital warts and cancer. Its silent and most people infected don't know they have HPV. I only found out I had it when my cervical cancer returned. There isn't a cure for HPV and I will most likely have a hysterectomy in the future.
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