четверг, 27 марта 2008 г.

The Unseen Can Be Harmful

A recent article in InteliHealth reported that up to 6 percent of 5,734 young women had signs of a sexually transmitted disease (STD) we rarely consider. That STD is genital warts. It is caused by a virus called Human Papilloma virus. There are over 70 different strains of this virus that can infect humans. Once a person is infected by a Human Papilloma Virus the infection is lifelong. Even if you no longer have any visible warts the virus stays with you.


We rarely think of genital warts as important because we don't consider these cauliflower-like skin lesions to be a long-term problem. If the warts get to be too big we can just have them removed. Unfortunately, the more dangerous Human Papilloma virus strains do not produce any warts in humans. In fact, women infected by these Human Papilloma virus strains can develop cervical cancer. Over 90 percent of all cervical cancers are due to this viral infection. The majority of women with cervical cancer do not even remember having a genital wart...click here to continue reading

Source: http://articles.lapox.com/

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