A Mere 1 In Every 10 Men Are Aware Of HPV
Only 1 In Every Ten Men Have Knowledge Of HPV
A new Danish survey with around 21,000 Danish men, reveals that only 1 in every ten men aged’ to 45 years, have heard of HPV - the virus which for men can lead to penile and anal cancer and cervical cancer for women. Results proposes, that men walks around believing that the HPV virus does not affect them. But men actually do have a immense responsibility.
-They do, since HPV is a virus, first and foremost spread sexually. It is consequently tremendously vital that men are aware, that they are carriers in relation to women and cervical cancer and that they can develop for example, penile cancer, anal cancer and certain forms of cancer of the head and neck region, “says researcher Ann Nielsen from the Danish Cancer Fighting, who is the foremost author of the study.
The research demonstrates that not many men have knowledge of about HPV, and this is regardless of whether they are’ or 45 years.
-For women, research illustrate that older women have greater knowledge of HPV rather than younger women. However this does not apply to men, says Ann Nielsen.
Though there has been an increasing awareness of HPV and vaccines, Ann Nielsen does not feel that it has reached the men yet.
-When we interviewed the men, there were a developing alertness of HPV. The first vaccine against cervical cancer was - at the time - just entering the Danish market, explains Ann Nielsen.
HPV is mainly sexually transmitted. Nowadays all girls born in Denmark in’96 or later are offered a at no cost HPV vaccination as part of the general vaccination program. Furthermore, all girls born in’93,’94 and’95 received the offer of free vaccination. So far Danish boys will not be offered free vaccination.
Ann Nielsen points out that there really is a big need for information efforts towards men. - Not only concerning sexual life. We also have to do with a target audience - fathers with children who are offered vaccination. It is very vital that their knowledge is good, when they should think about whether their daughter should be vaccinated, says Ann Nielsen.
Need for information American studies have also shown, that an increased focus on HPV means an increased knowledge. In the U.S., the number of anal cancer and head and neck cancer incidents has grown.
-We estimate that the same applies in Denmark. And we must not lose sight of the genital warts - something that many men and women suffer from. We estimate that around 10 percent of all men, at some time in their lives, become infected with genital warts.
Therefore, it is simply necessary to have knowledge and information out to the audience, says Ann Nielsen.
The study is published in European Journal of Cancer Prevention.
For additional information on HPV transmission and what you can do to protect yourself, please visit our website: HPV transmission
December 15th, 2009 at 7:13 am
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January 13th, 2010 at 7:49 pm
i am now more careful about having unprotected sex because my bestfriend got infected with HPV last year. it was a horrible and painful experience for her.
March 4th, 2010 at 6:39 pm
When you compare the success rate of acupuncture and fertility in men to the other methods that are out there to increase sperm count, the acupuncture does not have the best overall quality. Most of the time, you will see less of an improvement in the overall goal. However, this does not mean that it does not work. It just means that other people would rather increase their sperm count in other ways. Of course, if you are looking for a relaxing and useful way to increase your sperm count, then acupuncture could be the way to go for many people. It has proven to work for years in women, and we are just now finding out that it helps in men as well. As time goes on and more studies are done, we may find that it helps out more than what we thought it did. This is a very cheap way to get the help you want, and most men say that it is very pleasant overall. Acupuncture has proven to help the body in tons of different ways, and we can now add this to the list. It’s funny that we are also now seeing that you can use some of the same methods for men as you can in women to help out certain problems. It proves that we are not all so different.