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To: Nathan Zachary

You don't know what you are taking about. HPV does infect men. But men don't have cervexes so they are not succeptible to cancer from the virus and that's why so many women have the virus. Men don't know they are carriers.


72 posted on 01/31/2007 5:38:56 AM PST by doc30 (Democrats are to morals what an Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
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To: doc30
You don't know what you are taking about. HPV does infect men. But men don't have cervexes so they are not succeptible to cancer from the virus and that's why so many women have the virus. Men don't know they are carriers.

This is mostly but not entirely true. Certainly men are carriers. Penile cancer, while rare, does occur and is also linked to HPV. Also, men who engage in anal intercourse are at high risk of cancer there due to HPV infection. Their risk is similar to women who don't get Pap smear screening.

76 posted on 01/31/2007 5:43:03 AM PST by jalisco555 ("Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us and pigs treat us as equals" Winston Churchill)
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To: doc30
You don't know what you are taking about. HPV does infect men. But men don't have cervexes so they are not succeptible to cancer from the virus and that's why so many women have the virus. Men don't know they are carriers.

Wghich is a great argument for educating young men in proper condom use as well.

79 posted on 01/31/2007 5:44:27 AM PST by Wormwood (Your Friendly Neighborhood Moderate)
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