I have no idea what type of HPV I have. I'd like to know to see if it can be blocked by the gardasil shot.
It presents its self as about 5 or so millimeter across warts on my penis. The millimeter across one is the biggest and all the others are much much smaller.
Thanks Sorry. That medication is for females to prevent certain types of HPV that can possibly cause Cervical Cancer. Also, females have to have the injection prior to exposure to HPV, not effective if given after exposure.
I would suggest that you see your personal physician for treatment of the warts. ..wtf
Go see a doctor. if you already have it, the shot wouldnt help..... even if you were a woman...sorry Genital warts look cauliflower like in presentation. They actually look cauliflower like on the shaft of your penis, different sizes, shapes. If it is genital warts you need to see a doctor who freeze them off with dry ice or laser (burn them off). The doctor will scrape one of these warts and send to the lab to see what type of viral infection you have and what type of procedure and follow up medication you need. First of all, perhaps you should invest in some condoms after you've healed from whatever is ailing you.
Gaurdasil won't be of any help to you either, as you aren't female.
I suggest going to the doctor. There isn't anything that you can do for yourself regardless of what you have. You are going to need some sort of treatment. gardisil is for women only. You should get yourself checked out by a doctor. Visible genital warts are generally thought to be low risk HPV type 6 or 11. There is no FDA approved HPV/DNA test that will tell you what specific HPV type or types you carry. It is common to carry multiple HPV types and your low risk HPV types could indeed carry a co-infection with high risk HPV types.
A doctor probably a dermatologist would be your best bet he can biopsy a wart and send it for DNA testing. This is not commonly done and can be very pricey.
The warts can spread to other genital areas such as your urethera and you can trasmit your virus to someone that is giving your oral sex.
At the moment the HPV vaccine Gardasil www.gardasilcom
has not been approved for the male. I am sure you may find a doctor that is willing to give the vaccine but it will be $120+. The vaccine is a 3 shot series, it is a preventative vaccine and is said not to work at treating the warts. The series of shots are given over 6 months.
Warts can regress, grow or stay the same.....and this progression or regression would have nothing to do with you receiving the vaccine.
The vaccine prevents two low risk HPV 6 and 11 types and two high risk HPV types 16 and 18.
I wish you well with your theory.
Genital warts
Condylomata bearing HPV-6 or -11 have identical clinical
manifestations and histology [2]. Recent studies have shown that about
100% of GWs are caused by either HPV-6 or -11 but that 20鈥?0% of
lesions also contain co-infections with HR HPV types [3] and [4]. GWs
do not usually result in major morbidity or mortality, but cause
significant psychological morbidity and very substantial healthcare
costs. Occasionally GWs persist for long periods of time and, rarely,
such long-standing lesions may progress to malignancy. GWs are highly
infectious, with a transmission rate of about 65% within sexual
partnerships from an infected to a susceptible sexual partner, and an
incubation period of between 3 weeks and 8 months, with the majority
developing warts at around 2鈥? months [3]. Once GWs have developed,
they may show minimal change over time, become more numerous or
larger, or regress spontaneously. The majority of placebo-controlled
GW therapy trials show low rates of regression (around 5% complete
clearance) in the short term, although in one study over 16 weeks 20%
of women and 5% of men using placebo completely cleared their warts,
and 38% of women and 22% of men using placebo cleared over 50% of
their baseline warts [3]. Regressing warts contain significantly more
CD4 positive T cells, both within the stroma underlying the lesions
and the condylomata themselves, and greater expression of activation
markers [3]. There is no report of the rate of spontaneous regression
that may occur in the longer term. Following GW clearance with
therapy, recurrence is common and is often seen within 3 months in 25%
of cases, although rates of up to 67% have been observed [3]. In
clinical practice recurrences are often seen at sites of previous
lesions, and in these cases HPV infection in stem cells or
slow-turnover cells at the site of previous clearance has persisted
and then reactivated. The proportion of HPV-6/11 infections that are
either completely cleared or persist in a latent form after clinical
resolution is unknown, and, indeed, animal models suggest that both
outcomes can occur [3].
HPV-6/11 as a cause of cervical neoplasia
HPV-6 and -11 are frequently associated with LSIL. A recent
meta-analysis of 55 studies reported HPV-6 to be present in 8.1% of
HPV-positive LSIL cases and HPV-11 in 3.2% of cases [25]. However, it
remains unclear in what proportion of these HPV-6/11-positive LSIL
cases there is concomitant co-infection with a HR type, and whether
such HR co-infections would be "minority passenger" infections as
described in GWs, or represent true multiple-morphology cervical lesions.
Costs of HPV-6/11 disease
The principal healthcare costs caused by HPV-6/11 are through GWs and
RRP. Recent UK- and USA-specific data on the costs of treatment of GWs
in routine clinical practice [38] and [39] estimated the cost of a
single successful episode of treatment of a case of GWs to be 拢216 ($
377) in the UK and $ 436 in the USA. Using the UK STI clinic 2004 GWs
prevalence data, this equates to around 拢31 million ($ 54 million) per
annum for the UK. One study from the USA estimated the annual direct
healthcare costs of GWs as $ 200 million [40]. In a report from the
Task Force on RRP, the annual cost for surgical procedures in the USA
was estimated to be $ 109 million for JORRP and $ 42 million for AORRP
[27]. In countries with cervical screening programmes there will also
be significant costs associated with HPV-6/11-associated abnormal
cytology and consequent procedures, although estimates of these costs
are not available.
Often, however, genital warts cause no symptoms. Or they may be so small and flat that they can't be seen with the naked eye.
About two-thirds of people who have sexual contact with a partner with genital warts will develop warts, usually within 3 months of contact.
If you are infected but have no symptoms, you can still spread HPV to your sexual partner and/or develop complications from the virus.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/genital...
Genital warts (sometimes called condylomata acuminata or venereal warts) are the most easily recognized sign of genital HPV infection. Many people, however, have a genital HPV infection without genital warts.
Like many STIs, genital HPV infections often do not have signs and symptoms that you can see or feel. One study sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) reported that almost half of women infected with HPV had no obvious symptoms.
http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/healthscience/...
鈥?The genital HPV types can be divided into two broad groups (low-risk and high-risk HPVs) depending upon their association (or lack of association) with cancers of the lower genital tract.
鈥?Low-risk HPV types (6, 11, 42,43,44, 54,61,70,72, and 81) are virtually never found in cancers.
鈥?High-risk HPV types (16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, 68, 73, and 82) have been identified in cancers of the cervix, vagina, vulva, anus, and penis.
鈥?The most common types detected in genital warts are HPV 6 and HPV 11.
鈥?The most common HPV type detected in both normal women and in women with cervical cancer is HPV 16.
鈥?The majority of cervical cancers (80%) are caused by just 4 HPV types (16, 18, 31, and 45).
Most people who get HPV never know they have it, as they do not develop genital warts, abnormal Paps, or other manifestations of HPV that they can identify
http://cme.asccp.org/faq/histHPV.cfm
鈥?Low-risk types of HPV can cause genital warts. Warts can form weeks, months, or years after sexual contact with a person who has genital HPV. Genital warts can grow inside and around the outside of the vagina, on the vulva ("lips" or opening to the vagina) and cervix, groin and in or around the anus. In men, genital warts can grow on the penis, scrotum, thigh, groin, or in or around the anus. While very rare, genital warts can grow in the mouth or throat of a person who has had oral sex with an infected person. The size of genital warts varies and some may be so small, you can't see them with your eyes. They can be flat and flesh-colored or look bumpy like cauliflower. They often occur in clusters or groups. They may cause itching, burning, and discomfort. It's also possible that warts may never appear. In fact, most people with low-risk types of genital HPV never know they are infected because they don't get warts or any other symptom.
http://www.4women.gov/FAQ/stdhpv.htm
HPV 6 and 11 are the most common low-risk types found in genital and respiratory tract warts
Genital HPV infection with low-risk types of HPV is associated with genital warts in men and women. About 1% of sexually active adults in the U.S. have visible genital warts at any point in time.2
w.cdc.gov/std/hpv/STDFact-HPV-vaccine-...
once a particular type of the virus has been exchanged, there is little risk of a 'ping-pong' effect - in which you and your partner keep re-infecting each other with the same type. (In other words, you don't need to worry about passing the same type of HPV back and forth.) However, if you become sexually involved with a different partner, you may pass any types of HPV that are "active" in your body to her, and vice versa.
http://www.thehpvtest.com/HPV-for-men-FA...
UAB Researchers Make Breakthrough Discovery of HPV Replication
Posted on March 15, 2004 at 4:00 p.m.
BIRMINGHAM, AL 鈥?Researchers at UAB (University of Alabama at Birmingham) have discovered the mechanism used by a common virus to replicate itself and remain in the human body for decades. Human papillomavirus (HPV), a family of over 100-related viruses, are responsible for a variety of medical conditions, ranging from benign hand or foot warts to genital warts, cervical cancer and recurrent respiratory papillomatosis, a potentially fatal disease in children.
In an article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in March, the research team reports that a viral replication protein known as E2 binds the circular viral DNA to cell structures called spindle fibers that are present in a cell when it divides, a process known as mitosis. In mitosis, a single cell divides in two, creating two genetically identical daughter cells. By latching onto the spindle fibers of the cell as it divides, HPV DNA also divides and replicates itself in each of the new daughter cells where it can continue to replicate and persist indefinitely.
鈥淚n effect, HPV is able to mimic our own chro |
