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What an #HPV Diagnosis Really Means

📌 …approximately 80% of people are infected with it at some point in their lives. The majority clear it and probably never even know they had it. Even among those for whom the virus doesn’t go away on its own, the majority don’t go on to get cancer

📌 There are > 300 types of HPV. The highest-risk types are HPV 16 and 18, responsible for the vast majority of HPV-related cancers (cervix, vagina, vulva, penis, anus, and head and neck)

https://time.com/7176632/what-does-hpv-diagnosis-mean-sti/