HPV UNRAVELLED

Much is written about HIV/Aids, cancer and other viruses and diseases, and rightly so. But did you know about the Human Papillomavirus (HPV), and that there are more than 200 types of the virus, increasing the risk of most individuals being infected? Should we be worried? Yes, we should, because HPV infection is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections (STI), and is usually spread through unprotected vaginal, anal or oral sexual contact.

“HPV is sexually transmitted, and it exposes patients to the risk of genital warts, precancerous changes of the vulva and vaginal and cervical