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How come there aren't any HPV tests for men?


How come there aren't any HPV tests for men?

There is currently no FDA-approved test to detect HPV in men. That is because an effective, reliable way to collect a sample of male genital skin cells, which would allow detection of HPV, has yet to be developed. However, the CDC advises men that they don鈥檛 need to be worried about the lack of an HPV test for them. The agency states that "there is no clear health benefit to knowing if men have this virus, since HPV is unlikely to affect their health and cannot be treated. For most men, there would be no need to treat HPV, even if treatment were available, since it usually goes away on its own.鈥?br>
You can find more information here:
http://www.thehpvtest.com/HPV-for-men-FA...

Hope this helps,

Tracey from theHPVtest.com

And I'm talking in terms of a heterosexual/bisexual relationship! Report It

Detection for HPV for women is done by scraping cells off the cervix to look for the virus. However, there is currently no way to do this on men.

There is one, ask your doctor.

First because there is no real big medical risk for men. In extremely rare cases it can cause penile cancer but again that is very rare. The only way two screen for HPV is taking a sample of epithelial cells (which are similar to the lining in the mouth)

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