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PROSTRATE CANCER AND UNPROTECTED SEX
Are there any risks for the female associated with having unprotected sexual intercourse with a male partner diagnosed with prostrate cancer? Can the female get ovarian cancer from this? Should a pap smear be taken soon? Are there any other risks? Pregnancy is not an issue in this case.
jkinga...Cervical cancer can be caused by a virus. Thought the following maybe of interest.
HPV has nothing to do with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. There are 46 genetic types of HPV, but not all are dangerous. Only certain types of HPV, which can be transmitted from one person to another during sexual contact, increase the risk of cell dysplasia (abnormal cell growth) and/or progression to cervical cancer.
The HPV types that produce genital warts (lesions that are raised and bumpy, or flat and almost impossible to see) are different from those that cause cervical cancer. However, women who have a history of genital warts have almost twice the risk of an abnormal Pap smear as other women.
I lost a very dear friend a few years ago, from cervical cancer, which the Doctors said she acquired from her husband, who was tested, and carried this HPV virus. There is now an immunisation on the market, which is targetted towards young women aged between 12 and 26, which is said to prevent them from being affected by this virus, so that's great news.
HPV has nothing to do with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. There are 46 genetic types of HPV, but not all are dangerous. Only certain types of HPV, which can be transmitted from one person to another during sexual contact, increase the risk of cell dysplasia (abnormal cell growth) and/or progression to cervical cancer.
The HPV types that produce genital warts (lesions that are raised and bumpy, or flat and almost impossible to see) are different from those that cause cervical cancer. However, women who have a history of genital warts have almost twice the risk of an abnormal Pap smear as other women.
I lost a very dear friend a few years ago, from cervical cancer, which the Doctors said she acquired from her husband, who was tested, and carried this HPV virus. There is now an immunisation on the market, which is targetted towards young women aged between 12 and 26, which is said to prevent them from being affected by this virus, so that's great news.
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