Dr. Oz And Dr. Diane Harper Discusses Gardasil, The HPV Vaccine
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And Men Who Have Sex With Men On HuffPost Live
There's been a lot of discussion in recent months about the controversial Gardasil vaccine which has been shown to protect against some types of the human papillomavirus (HPV).
The disease, which is spread via skin to skin contact, can cause genital and anal warts and, more troublingly, cervical cancer for woman who become infected. However, while much of the conversation about the vaccine has centered around women, men – including men who have sex with men (MSM) -- are also susceptible to HPV and research shows that Gardasil may also protect them from certain kinds of the disease.
Doctor and television personality Dr. Oz recently dropped by HuffPost Live to discuss the vaccine. Watch the clip above, also featuring Dr. Diane Harper, who has studied Gardasil, to learn about HPV and why men should consider getting vaccinated.
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In Scotland, mouth cancer in the under 25s (both sexes) is skyrocketing and it's believed to be caused by HPV.
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First before all this Vaccine was not designed for men, and there are very few studies of it's effect on men, second you can only take the vaccine before you had the infecction, third this vaccine is only against the cancer develloping malign virus (colon cancer and others), which translates to it does not treat anal warts, hpv can be erradicated threw many ways however it may take years to get it out of your system, so if you are in the cruising life well you're asking for it, condom's do minimal protection, you might think about making sure the partner has no wart, and make sure you get well cleaned and desinfected after sex.
HPV is transmitted threw the touch of your muccosa and some skin with the wart of the other person, some of the species are also easier to catch than others.
If you had genital warts make sure you get colonoscopy at 40 and other tests, since you are more prone to cancer, oral warts are rare, oral cancer is rocketing if you are feeling pains or swellings and it's not related to the amygdalas, well make sure you are observed, simple black coffee everyday without sugar is being seen as a good preventor of cancer growth orally.
