Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Testing What is the Human Papillomavirus? Commonly known as HPV‚ it is an infection that spreads through sexual contact. There are over one hundred different types of HPV; several types cause genital warts‚ while other high risk strands can lead to cancer of the cervix‚ anus‚ vagina‚ and penis. Because HPV is often asymptomatic‚ many people are unaware of their infection status‚ and thus‚ their potential for transmitting the virus to a sexual partner. The significance
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The selected topic stands as patient education in cervical cancer prevention‚ specifically regarding the HPV vaccination. This topic stands essential to nursing as researchers determined that “infection of the cervix with HPV was the most common cause of cervical cancer‚” later stating that “Cervical cancer was one of the most common cancers that affected a woman’s reproductive organs” (Cermak‚ Cottrell‚ & Murnan‚ 2010‚ p. 230). Nurses stand as educators and advocators; it is a nurse’s obligation
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2008‚ P. 584). Many of these people do not realize that they are infected because they do not show any symptoms. Even though HPV has been talked about for decades‚ it is only until recent years that the topic has become part of mainstream women’s health issues. Not only that‚ many of these people are women who do not understand the importance of testing for HPV. HPV is one of the leading causes of cervical cancer among women. This is especially true for women in the Hispanic community. Hispanics
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papillomavirus (HPV) has been established as a substantial threat to public health among the sexually active youth of America. HPV is a common sexually transmitted disease that primarily affects women. It is also responsible for thousands of cancer related deaths each year. There are about 20 million Americans each year that are currently infected with HPV and nearly 5 million people will become newly infected this year with the virus. There are over 100 different strains of HPV‚ however only four
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2011 HPV Vaccine: Choose or Forced If there was a vaccine to prevent a virus that could lead to a deadly form of cancer would you want it? Of course you would. The human papillomavirus vaccine also known as HPV vaccine does just that. In the two essays on public health‚ “HPV Vaccine Texas Tyranny”‚ by Mike Adams and “The HPV Debate Needs an Injection of Reality‚” by Arthur Allen‚ these two authors discuss their different opinions on the human papillomavirus vaccine. In the essay‚ “HPV Vaccine
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about the HPV Vaccine Melody Tripp EN 200A College Composition Craig CasterlineWarner Pacific College October 7‚ 2014 Abstract Being a parent of a preteen is a hard adventure all by itself. When you go into a pediatric office for an 11-year-well-child-checkup‚ there are many vaccinations that are now required for children entering middle schools. One of the vaccinations in this series is optional. This vaccination is to protect our children against the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) which can
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vaccinate their sons and daughters against HPV or not. The human papilloma virus a very common virus. It is the most common sexually transmitted infection that affects about 80% of sexually active people. Doctors‚ scientists and physicians have worked for a long time trying to generate a vaccination against HPV. They eventually developed two called Gardasil and Cervarix. These vaccinations were developed to prevent contracting the HP virus and also HPV related cancers i.e. cervical cancer. The
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the sexually transmitted disease‚ HPV (Lee 1). How can we solve this overwhelming problem? Miraculously‚ the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first vaccine to prevent cervical cancer (Ballaro 1). Some believe that the newly approved vaccine should be widely spread as a means of eliminating this deadly disease‚ while others think it was solely generated for a pharmaceutical firm rather than to promote public health (Otis 1). Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a sexually transmitted virus
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HPV Vaccines for School Aged Girls Human Papilloma Virus is a sexually transmitted infection that is spread between men and women through sexual intercourse‚ genital skin-to-skin contact and oral sex with a carrier. “HPV’s are a family of more than 100 virus types that cause such problems as common warts‚ plantar warts‚ skin cancers‚ anal and genital warts‚ recurrent respiratory papilomatosis (a rare benign infection of type HPV 6 or 11 that passes from mothers to infants during childbirth)‚ head
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The HPV vaccine has created many heated debates‚ but the bottom line come down to whether or not the time for this vaccination is now. Mike Adams‚ author of “HPV Vaccine Texas Tyranny‚” and Arthur Allen‚ author of “The HPV Debate Needs an Injection of Reality‚” discuss the mandated HPV vaccine. Both acknowledge that the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine lack credibility and that the affordability of the vaccine is not favorable to disadvantaged families; however‚ they disagree that there is
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