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The HPV tests on the market are only used to help screen for cervical cancer. There is no general test for men or women to check one’s overall “HPV status,” nor is there an HPV test to find HPV on the genitals or in the mouth or throat. But HPV usually goes away on its own, without causing health problems. So an HPV infection that is found today will most likely not be there a year or two from now.

There is no treatment for the virus itself, but there are treatments for the diseases that HPV can cause:
Visible genital warts can be removed by the patient him or herself with medications. They can also be treated by a health care provider. Some people choose not to treat warts, but to see if they disappear on their own. No one treatment is better than another.
Cervical cancer is most treatable when it is diagnosed and treated early. But women who get routine Pap tests and follow up as needed can identify problems before cancer develops. Prevention is always better than treatment. [see www.cancer.org]
Other HPV-related cancers are also more treatable when diagnosed and treated early. [see www.cancer.org]
RRP can be treated with surgery or medicines. It can sometimes take many treatments or surgeries over a period of years.

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National HPV and Cervical Cancer Prevention Resource Center American Social Health Association (ASHA)
P. O. Box 13827
Research Triangle Park, NC
27709-3827
1-800-783-9877