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This whole thread has me thinking it's tragic, considering the potential consequences of the deadlier strains of HPV and the incredible ease of HPV transmission, that there is no HPV test for men. Men are the main carriers and transmitters but there is no test (other than what amounts to an "anal Pap smear for men" that can be done but isn't recommended by the FDA or CDC). The only advice for men I found online was that they'll know they might have it only when lesions appear. Terrible.

Vaccination of course is key, but with resistance to vaccines of all kinds, plus the already existing prevalance of HPV pretty much everywhere, both women and men should be [i]demanding[/i] that a male HPV test be a research goal.

But I'm betting that two ugly realities are likely:

One, researching and developing such a test probably does not make enough money for pharma companies, and they make much more money on cranking out drugs to treat HPV and the cancers it causes.

Two, HPV is still viewed by many people in many parts of this country as a "lifestyle disease" that people bring on themselves because they are morally compromised. So there's no push to test for it, treat it more widely or cure it, since our culture wants to treat STIs as shameful and somehow "deserved."[/quote]

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