[Faline]

There are multiple strains of this virus, each one causing nasty effects to the body, especially in girls. HPV stand for human papillomavirus and this virus can effect the skin and mucosa of the vulva, vagina, cervix, anus, scrotum, penis, lips, mouth and throat. There are many of strains of HPV and some have been identified that cause different effects on these areas of the body.

The curse of HPV: The “bad” strains of HPV (high risk) such as type 16 and 18 do not usually cause warts that a visible to the naked eye, however they can cause changes to the cells that can turn that tissue into cancer. The “good” strains of HPV (low risk) such as types 6 and 11 do not cause cancer, however they can cause nasty, disfiguring warts that range in size from the head of a pin to a cauliflower floret.

Most people infected with any strain of the HPV virus do not have visible warts- which makes this a dangerous STD. Obviously any person would stay away from a sexual partner with growths on their genitals. This virus can be spread with no visible warts.

Read More:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_papillomavirus

High risk HPV can cause nasty changes to cells microscopically. These changes greatly increase the risk of cancer. Pap smears are done at least annually on sexually active teens and adults to look for these abnormal changes caused by HPV 16 and 18. If atypical cells are seen the remainder of the tissue collected at the pap smear is sent for viral testing. The lab will alert the gynecologist if high risk HPV was detected in the patients specimen. Depending on the level of abnormality seen in the pap smear depends on the management of these patients. The patients can be under surveillance with repeat Pap smears or the gyno may decide to give the patient a biopsy to see exactly what is going on in the tissue of the cervix. If the patient has high risk HPV and moderate to severe atypical cells are seen on the biopsy, the patient will then be send for a cold knife cone biopsy or LEEP excision (Loop electrocautery excision procedure). These are pretty nasty surgical procedures in which they cut out a nice size chunk of the ecto and endocervical portions of the cervix.
A cone biopsy or LEEP is usually enough surgery to excise these lesions cause by high risk HPV. If atypical cells still persist or get more atypical then a hysterectomy will need to be performed. Back in the day, before clinicans and scientists were hip to HPV, cervical cancer was a leading cause of death in woman. Dr. Papanicolaou got hip to these changes in cervical cells and started performed to Pap smears to surveil woman. Since then, the incidence of cervical cancer has dropped significantly.

Low risk HPV on the other hand can form genital warts that can be seen on the genitals. The lesions can be large and disfiguring to the genitals. These lesions rarely lead to cancer:




Treatment for low risk HPV varies on extent of lesions and locations. Topical creams are sometimes used to boost the immune system into destroying HPV infected cells and killing off the warts. Other times cryosurgery (freezing) is used. Surgical excision of the warts is done, usually if warts are large and obstructive to the penis, vagina or anus.

This is what a surgical excision of genital warts can look like. A lesion like this is big to be on the genitals- about 4 cm or 1.5 inches. This is approximately the size of a strawberry.
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Other areas of the body effected by the HPV virus include the anus, lips, mouth, tongue, throat and vocal cords. Wart like nodules can appear on these areas as well as precancerous changes to the cells of these areas. Remember oral and anal sex can still transmit these viruses.

[hell_bent]

eeeeewwwwwwwww!!!

[Rusty666]

[GlassToTheArson]

hehe anus

[LadyCPlum]

OMG the last picture....*puke*

[shadowstein]

they look like fruity pebbles!

[Konglomo]

That butthole looks like it has scales on it. It reminds me of a story from the bible, when god put fish scales over saul's eyes and made him blind so he had to go to jesus even though saul was the jews worst nightmare, he killed jews like a biblical nazi commander. Anyway jesus healed him and he became paul.

Maybe that butthole wreaks havoc on toilets and produces deadly gasses. So the god of the porcelain throne scaled that thing up. And the only cure is for the only begotten son of roto rooter has to jam his holy snake up it and set it free!

[HeadlessHorseman]

Oh, HELL NO! I'm so glad I have never had any STD's. Those warts look quite nasty.

[Azimuth]

So fucking gross.

[Sharon]

Great post