What Is The Percent Of My Girlfriend Having Hpv If I Have It

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Gardasil (HPV) vaccine for those already with HPV (HPV Vaccine for MEN) (GARDASIL) VACCINE (HPV)

I'm a 43 year old man with HPV already, awaiting biopsy results to see if I have anal cancer as we speak. Is it a waist of time and resources to get the Gardasil (HPV) vaccine at this time, or will it help down the road whether I have anal...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Gardasil is a preventative, not a therapeutic vaccine. Consequently if you already have the HPV strains contained within the vaccine, getting inoculated will not provide any help. I'll reprint some information about Gardasil from the... Read more »

GARDASIL FOR PEOPLE WITH HPV (GARDASIL VACCINE) (HPV VACCINE FOR THOSE ALREADY INFECTED WITH HPV, 2008)

Hello Dr. Francisco, Im a 24yr old male who recently found out has HPV, as a consequence my... Read more »

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VACCINE (HPV) (HPV Vaccine for MEN) (GARDASIL)

I am man, 43 y.o. and HIV+.May I take the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine?... Read more »

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Boys Should Get Routine HPV Vaccination, CDC Panel Says

All children ages 11-12, boys as well as girls, should routinely be vaccinated against human papillomavirus, CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended Tuesday. CDC has recommended routine vaccination of girls for five years. Two... Read more »

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infection in Heterosexual South African Men Attending Sexual Health Services: Associations Between HPV and HIV Serostatus

The study authors assessed distribution of human papillomavirus genotypes and determined the associations between HPV and HIV co-infection in sexually active heterosexual men with anogenital warts (GW), male urethral discharge and asymptomatic men. ... Read more »

The HPV Debate: Majority of Pediatricians Recommend Vaccine, but Opponents Fear Its Use Could Lead to Promiscuity

A 2006 American Academy of Pediatrics survey found 81 percent of pediatricians were likely to offer the vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV) to their female patients. As of June 2008, Merck & Co. had distributed 18 million doses of its... Read more »

Cervical Cancer Vaccination Rate at 25 Percent, U.S. Says

Data released Thursday show about a quarter of US adolescent females received the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil last year. "For a new vaccine, 25 percent is really very good," said Lance Rodewald, director of CDC's division of... Read more »

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My girlfriend just tol me she is positive.

Posted by Anonymous, 6 Replies

My girlfriend of 3 months has just told me she is hiv positive. She said she didn't want to lose me so that is why she didn't tell me earlier. Now thinking back she always insisted that I wear a condom. I am really angry that she didn't tell me but... Read more »

HPV/Genital Warts

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Hey, Whats up? My girl friend whom I've been with for a year now, recently got a pap smear done and she came up positive for HPV (abnormal cells). Me myself had been tested for STD's and a Visual Check up for HPV and in all tests I came up negative.... Read more »

10 Percent

Posted by Bear60

I just love this ten percent number that everyone keeps throwing around.
10% of all men are gay
Today, in the paper were the results of a study done on STRAIGHT men....seems 10% of them have sex with other men. These are men who identify as straight.... Read more »

what percent

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

what percent would someone have of being hiv pos if they tested neg 4 times using the elisa, antigen test hiv 2 test way way past the window with ongoing symptoms, doesnt the more tests you take give u the 100% mark or can i still not be sure even... Read more »

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