http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-oral-hpv-20120127,0,1665761.story A couple of interesting points here, mostly good-to-know news, with a little bit of bad news.
First, oral HPV seems to be spread through oral sex, not kissing or casual contact. That's good news and good-to-know news.
Second, 7% of teenagers already have oral HPV. That's bad-ish
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I guess that if a person has HPV there is no way to know which strain? I inferred this because of what you said about not being able to know whether or not the vaccine would be effective because one might have *that* strain - but I thought I would check to be sure.
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But it is not common for doctors to offer the test to find out which strain you have because many don't think it's relevant. Mostly, if you have an active HPV infection, as discovered through a pap smear and then confirmed with a DNA test, they'll usually just tell you if you have a "high risk" or "low risk" strain, not which number it is.
But there are better and better tests coming out all the time, including a home test that's being developed. Check with your doctor to see if they have the ability to test for specific strains in the event of an active infection.
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I know 15 yrs ago when I was in high school it was still pretty common & expected for girls to give guys oral but not so much the other way around, now it's apparently a lot more common for guys to do it.
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