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Just a note: the article focuses on the ladies, but men should absolutely get it as well because it cuts risk for other types of cancers. I was looking for a be

• m101 3mo ago
  yes! Apparently the rate of penile and throat cancer occurs at only half the rate in men as it does as cervical cancer in women, but the harm caused by the male versions of the cancer are worse, so in actual fact it may overall cause more harm in the male population.
  • TZubiri 3mo ago
    My bet is that it has to do with the mechanics of receptive vaginal and oral sex, the penis just reaches deeper and causes more lesions. Compared to insertive vaginal sex and oral vaginal performance, those lesions would be less frequent and on more distal parts of the body. If the rate is 50%, I'd also expect MSM to be overrepresented there, which would make the difference of risk between heterosexual sex even more imbalanced.
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• stbenjam 3mo ago
  For some reason not really talked about in mainstream medicine for straight men. It makes no sense. Very safe vaccine and you're eligible into your 40's to get it. Everyone sexually active probably has some strains but not all.
  • apparent 3mo ago
    Yeah, not everyone.
    • QuiEgo 3mo ago
      HPV spreads even when condoms are used - any skin to skin contact can spread it. So yeah, not everyone, but it’s exceptionally prevalent. Luckily most strains are relatively harmless.
      • apparent 3mo ago
        It is exceptionally prevalent, but that's not the same as everyone who is sexually active has it. There are plenty of people who do not put themselves at risk prior to getting married and are then faithful to their spouses.
        • orwin 3mo ago
          Some strain survive on toilet seats or in sauna/hammams.
        • kstrauser 3mo ago
          I despise that line of thinking. It completely ignores incidents of things like date rape. Jane Pristine gets assaulted by her high school boyfriend but doesn’t tell anyone because that’s how it commonly plays out. Joe Angel marries Jane and gets the HPV she got from her ex. Jane dies of cervical cancer. Joe, the widower, marries Jill Virginal and she gets HPV from him. Not one of them did anything wrong, but all got it. Yes, not everyone who’s sexually active has HPV, but even people abiding by what I assume are the Biblical principles we’re discussing here (because abstinence is nearly only a religious thing and we’re talking about it on a heavily American website) can be affected, even without disobeying the laws they try to follow.
      • yieldcrv 3mo ago
        this is a reminder to do a refresher on STDs, the situation for heterosexual men who dont do anal is overpowered. scare campaigns from the early 2000s and 90s arent that full of a story the things you can get are either A) benign when caught early. Test 3 weeks after every partner. Take a medication for a week if positive, your next test will be negative B) can be vaccinated against in advance or C) condoms don't prevent at all to begin with D) new HIV infections is faaaar more rare to a hetero man, compared to women and people doing anal. And Prep/Pep has essentially solved that too. the landscape is different for people being receptacles and their risk profile just has to be different. devs left this unpatched I can understand why districts wouldn't want teenagers to know it this way. That has nothing to do with you.
  • Avshalom 3mo ago
    the reason is no one realized hpv was connected to much more than cervical cancer until fairly recently.
    • londons_explore 3mo ago
      I think we will eventually discover that almost all cancers are caused by viruses, and future healthcare will be all about how to stop the spread of viruses where vaccines don't work well.
  • ls612 3mo ago
    This was the case a decade ago but now the US recommendation is that all children, boys and girls, get the vaccine.
  • chasely 3mo ago
    I was denied the vaccine by my healthcare provider as a man in my mid-20s. Their reasoning being that I was likely already exposed. It may have been true, but would still have liked to get the vaccine since it covers many multiple strains.
    • 59percentmore 3mo ago
      IIUC they've been slowly expanding availability over the years. Someone who was denied in their 20s might be able to get it now in their 30s.
• pyuser583 3mo ago
  I will do so when my doctor advises me to, not before.
• quantified 3mo ago
  Well, it also cuts the transmission to unvaccinated women (and men, when they swing that way, too). If men got it consistently, women would be at a lot less risk.