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Few are aware of HPV disease
Most college students know what HIV stands for.
Virus is larger threat for people than HIV
By Katherine Manweiler Kansan staff writer
But they need to be equally aware of HPV, another sexually transmitted disease that affects one in 10 sexually active students, said Henry Buck, gynecologist at Watkins Memorial Health Center.
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Human papillomavirus (HPV) causes warts, or lesions, on the genital tracts of men and women.
HPV is more common in women because the cervix is highly susceptible to the virus. Nationwide, the HPV infection nationwide has increased 500 percent in the past 15 years. Buck said
In the past five years, Watkins has diagnosed about 1,400 women and 500 men with HPV, Buck said.
Barbara Schnitiker, director of nursing at the Douglas County Health Department, said 419 cases of HPV had been diagnosed there in 1991.
"We can get rid of the lesions and the manifestations of the disease, but we can't get rid of the virus," Buck said. "That is not something that people need to be afraid of."
He said the treatment of HPV was comparable to the treatment of strep throat. The symptoms can be treated effectively, but the strep never disappears.
Buck said HPV could be controlled.
A study conducted at the University of California-Berkeley indicated that more than 40 percent of college women have signs of the virus that leads to HPV present in their genital tract. That does not mean that those women have HPV, he said.
Certain factors probably need to be present in order for the virus to become active, he said. Not all of the factors are known, but smoking and sexual activity are two common ones
People can contract HPV from someone who does not have genital warts. Buck said.
According to research from the American College Health Association, ask force, sexually active college-students should be likely to be exposed to HPV than to HIV.
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Buck said the only way to cut down on HPV exposure was behavior modification, such as abstinence. Several HPV patients at the University of Kansas have decided to abstain from sexual activity since being diagnosed with the disease.
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but not cured.
"The vast majority of these infections are not going to be precarious," he said. "But from a practical point of view, we can't tell which ones may be a problem someday."
Follow-up visits every few months for the first year after diagnosis of HPV are important, Schnitker said.
Buck said all HPV infections needed treatment because HPV could initiate cell changes that could develop into cervical cancer. Buck said.
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