I forgot to mention in my previous post that my ENT also recommended my whole family get vaccinated for HPV, minus my nine year old who should wait until he's twelve. I asked if it was really beneficial being that I've already tested positive for HPV. He told me the latest vaccine covers nine variants of HPV, seven of which can cause cancer.
What can happen is that they can team up and create a more aggressive cancer. So even though I've tested positive for it it's best that I get the vaccine to prevent infection from other strains which would increase my chances for getting a more aggressive HPV related cancer.
I also heard that there are a lot of HPV strains, with new ones being discovered all the time and asked him about that. He deferred to his intern who said that we know of around 200 strains of HPV. The vaccine covers the most common ones. Definitely worth consideration, especially for people who are not in a monogamous relationship. If only they knew about HPV and had a vaccine 30 years ago.
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