Just The Facts about Sexually Transmitted Infections

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23 Jul, 2022
Just the Facts About HPV The 27th of July is World Head and Neck Cancer Day. In the past, this type of cancer was mostly linked to smoking and heavy drinking, but now HPV (human papillomavirus) has become the leading cause. Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a common skin infection that is spread by skin-to-skin contact during intimate sexual contact; this means you don’t even need to have full sex to spread the infection. Certain types of HPV cause visible genital warts. Most often, the HPV infection causes no warts and people don’t know they have it. However, in some people, it may cause abnormal cells which can sometimes lead to precancer or cancer , including cervical, vaginal, vulval, anal, penile and head and neck cancers. Read on below to find out why HPV affects almost all of us at some time in our life.
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