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from:http://www.alotek.com/hpv/basic-facts.shtml HPV is contagious even when warts and dysplasia are not present. Some HPV types have a greater association than others with cervical dysplasia and cancer like high risk HPV types 16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, and 68. HPV can lie dormant in humans for an unknown period of years. However, most individuals develop immunity, after which time they are no longer contagious. One can probably assume that immunity exists and the risk of being contagious is over after having genital warts and/or dysplasia when: (1) in cases of surgical removal, or when the signs and symptoms have disappeared without any treatment, there have been no recurrences for a year, or (2) in cases of Beta-mannanT treatment, all warts and/or dysplasia disappeared during therapy. In both of these situations one may assume, with some degree of certainty, that immunity has developed and that the HPV infection no longer exists. Nevertheless, once immunity develops, the individual is very likely no longer contagious for that HPV type and can no longer become infected by that HPV type again, barring some catastrophic failure of the immune system such as AIDS. It is impossible to prove that someone does NOT have any HPV types. It is relatively easy to prove when someone DOES have HPV, if (1) signs or symptoms are present, or (2) the Digene Hybrid CaptureŽ HPV DNA Test is positive. Some feel that HPV remains in a carrier state for years; however, this is probably uncommon. There are over 70 types of HPV. This may be the reason some believe that long carrier states are common. What may be viewed as a carrier state may simply be subsequent infections by different HPV types over the years. There are over 300 rhinoviruses (cold viruses), yet no one considers a cold virus to be in a perpetual carrier state that "flares up" periodically. There is very little cross-immunity between the different HPV types. This means that if one has immunity to one HPV type, that specific immunity is not necessarily good against another HPV type. For this reason it would be worthwhile to take Beta-mannanT on a preventative maintenance basis in the event of future exposure to a new HPV type. ------------------------------ from http://www.indiana.edu/~health/hpv.html Is there a cure for HPV? Since HPV is a virus, there is no cure. However, new studies indicate that approximately 70-90% of people with HPV may clear the virus from the body within two years of infection. Re-infection is possible. -------------------------------- from http://www.mlo-online.com/articles/mlo0503observ.htm Up to 20 percent of the sexually active U.S. population is believed to be infected with HPV at any one time. Most women who become infected with HPV are able to eradicate the virus and suffer no apparent long-term consequences to their health, but a few women develop a persistent infection that can eventually lead to pre- cancerous changes in the cervix -------------------------------- from http://www.thehpvtest.com/cervical_cancer_hpv_info.html HPV infections are transient and most young women shake them off with no ill effects. If HPV infection is persistent past the age of 30, there is a greater risk of developing cervical cancer. ---------------------------------- Another from ASHASTD ( http://www.ashastd.org/hpvccrc/hpvmyth.html ) The concern about life-long recurrences may be based on a misconception rather than a myth. It's true that at present there is no known cure for genital human papillomavirus. As a virus, it will remain in the infected person's cells for an indefinite time--most often in a latent state but occasionally producing symptoms or disease, as we have discussed elsewhere. Recent studies from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and from the University of Washington suggest that HPV may eventually be cleared, or rooted out altogether, in most people with well- functioning immune systems. However, in at least some cases the virus apparently does remain in the body for life, able to produce symptoms if the immune system weakens. ----------------------------------- Yet ANOTHER frm CDC: http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/od/news/RevBrochure1pdfhpv.htm infections, noted as such because they are invisible or cannot be seen. Genital warts are extremely common, but can be treated and cured. Subclinical HPV infection is much more common than genital warts, and there is currently no treatment. The disease can lead to cervical, penile and anal cancer. Most HPV infections appear to be temporary and are probably cleared up by the body's immune system. One study in college students showed that in 91 percent of women with new HPV infections, HPV became undetectable within two years ----------------------------------Comments:
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