HPV PRESENTATION

SYMPTOMS

• Genital Warts on the anus, scrotum, groin, thigh, or penis
• Developing Cancer (Oropharynegeal Cancer)
• Flat Warts/Plantar Warts
• Anogenital Warts
• Cervical Cancer

SYMPTOMS

• In many cases HPV produces no symptoms
• Genital warts in the vulva
• Genital warts in or around the vagina
• Genital warts on the cervix

HOW IT IS TRANSMITTED

• Through contact with infected genital skin or bodily fluids
• Through intercourse
• Through contact with infected mucous membranes
• Through oral sex

HOW IT IS TREATED

• There is no treatment for the virus itself
• There is treatments for the problems it causes though
• Like cryosurgery, electrocautery, and laser therapy
• Prescription cream
• Loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP)

HOW IT IS TREATED

• Freezing off the warts
• Using a special wire loop to remove the warts
• Burning off the warts with an electrical current
• Using an intense light to destroy the warts
• Applying medicated cream directly to the warts

DIFFERENT TYPES

• Alphapapillomavirus
• Betapapillomavirus
• Gammapapillomavirus
• Mupapillomavirus
• Nupapillomavirus

FACTS

• Part of the papillomavirus family
• More than 30 to 40 types of HPV are transmitted
• Known to cause around 70% of cervical cancer cases
• 3,900 deaths in the U.S. in 2008
• 11,000 cases in the U.S. in 2008

FACTS

• Substantially worldwide virus
• Over 170 HPV types have been identified
• Worldwide in 2001 an estimated 561,000 new cancer cases
• About a dozen HPV types are called "high-risk" because it leads to cancer
• As well as anal cancer, vulva cancer, vagnial cancer, and penile cancer

HOW TO AVOID HPV

• Vaccines
• Gardasil
• Ceravix
• DPT Vaccine

HOW TO AVOID HPV

• Condoms (Female condoms)
• Microbicides
• Oral infection
• Carrageenan