How common is “genital HPV”?
How common is The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported that as many as 80 percent of women – and 50 percent of men and women combined – will get a type of genital HPV at some point in their lives. However, most of those infections go away or are suppressed by the body within one to two years, without causing any problems that require treatment.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported that as many as 80 percent of women – and 50 percent of men and women combined – will get a type of genital HPV at some point in their lives. However, most of those infections go away or are suppressed by the body within one to two years, without causing any problems that require treatment.
Genital HPV infections are so common among people who have sex that one could say they are almost a routine aspect of being sexually active. An estimated 70 to 80 percent of sexually active Canadians carry the virus at some time in their life. Most people don’t know they have HPV because there are usually no symptoms.
