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Will the hpv vaccine make you immune to genital warts if you've already had them?
No it won't.
What is Gardasil and what does it help prevent females from developing as older adults?
Gardasil is a vaccine that helps prevent HPV infection, which can lead to cervical, vulvar, vaginal, and anal cancers in females as they age. It also helps prevent genital warts caused by certain types of HPV.
Do you have to have hpv to have genital warts?
HPV has over 30 different types. Only a few of the types cause warts. Unless your healthcare provider tells you that you have genital warts, you do not.
Are hpv and genital warts the same?
Yes they are; HPV is the virus that causes genital warts.
Can you get gardasil vaccine while you have hpv?
Sure you can. There are numerous strains of HPV. The Gardasil will help with 4 of them. Even if you know that you're currently infected with one of the 4 strains in the Gardasil vaccine, it can still help you with the other 3.
What is HPV positive?
HPV is a abreviated term for a longer set of words that mean genital warts. If you are HPV positive you have one or more of the strains of genital warts. Genital warts are transmitted by touching of the mucous membrains of one person to another. Due to the lack of efficacy of condoms in preventing genital warts, 1 in 5 sexually active persons is thought to have HPV. There is now a new vaccination, that helps protect against four of the most common types of HPV. This vaccine s reccomended for females ages 9 to 26 in order to lower the risk of cancers that are associated with having HPV.
Can you have warts and not have HPV?
HPV is a cause of all warts. Some warts are transmitted sexually and those of the ones that she should be most worried about.
What does the medical abbreviation HPV mean?
HPV means human papillomavirus, the virus that causes warts and, in certain subtypes, is associated with cancer of the cervix, penis, vulva, anus, and some head and neck cancers.HPV is genital warts.
Are all warts caused by HPV linked to cancers?
All types of warts are caused by HPV. Some HPV types are more likely to cause warts on the feet, others on the genitals.
Should children be vaccinated for HPV?
Yes. Vaccination for HPV can reduce the risk of HPV (Human papiloma virus) infection, genital warts, and cervical cancer in women and penile and rectal cancer in men. The HPV vaccine Gardasil was first recommended for use in women, but it is not recommended for use in males and females to further reduce the incidence HPV, genital warts, cervical cancer, penile cancer, and rectal cancer. Ideally, the vaccine should be given to girls and boys before adolescence, usually between ages 9 and 13, because the vaccine must be given before HPV exposure. Just as boys and girls are routinely immunized for measles, mumps, rubella, polio, tetanus, hepatitus A and B, diphtheria, pertussis, meningitis, and chicken pox, they should also be routinely vaccinated for HPV, which protects them from HPV infection, genital warts, and cervical, penile, and rectal cancers caused by HPV.
Do hpv itch?
HPV virus warts do itch.
IS HPV vaccine live virus?
The HPV vaccine is a genetically modified vaccine and therefore is not considered to be live.
