Can men be infected with HPV

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First of all, it is certain that men can also be infected with HPV. There are many kinds of HPV, including mild, superficial and high-risk ones. People usually say that they are high-risk ones. Today, we are going to popularize the basic knowledge of HPV.

Can men be infected with HPV

First, HPV is a kind of spherical DNA virus, which can cause the proliferation of human skin and mucous membrane squamous epithelium. At present, more than 130 kinds of HPV have been isolated, and different types cause different clinical manifestations. Skin low-risk type: skin high-risk type: mucous membrane low-risk type, mucous membrane high-risk type.

Second: the main mode of transmission: sexual transmission; close contact; indirect contact: through contact with the infected person's clothing, daily necessities, appliances, etc.; iatrogenic infection: medical staff in the treatment and care of poor protection, resulting in their own infection or through medical staff to patients; mother to child transmission: by the baby through the pregnant woman's birth canal close contact.

Third: skin type HPV infection rate is very common, such as common verruca vulgaris, toe warts, flat warts, etc., more attention is paid to high-risk HPV infection and low-risk HPV infection of external genitalia caused by genital warts and cervical cancer.

matters needing attention

If men don't pay attention, they will still be infected, and will cause cross infection, which will bring great harm to both husband and wife and family. Therefore, we should develop good living habits and noble moral sentiment in daily life.