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How do you clear the HPV16 virus to prevent cancer recurrence?
Head & Neck Cancer | Last Active: Jun 17 11:04am | Replies (72)Comment receiving replies
@roblem , Thanks for all that information. I think my primary point to @blessed52 was that antiviral treatment post cancer is usually not effective. Especially in men over the age of 45.
My wife has been tested and does not carry the virus. So for me, it appears that it was dormant in my body for more than 3 decades before causing cancer. I have zero sexual activity outside my 30 year marriage so I was apparently exposed by some someone before I met my wife. I’m just glad I didn’t transmit it to her.
Thanks again for the info.
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@sf2026 the antiviral treatment will not work post getting the virus, but the cancer treatment can apparently clear the virus from your system. it did mine.
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You are correct about the antiviral effectiveness from what I have researched.
Unfortunately, it is possible for a partner to have hpv give it to you and you get cancer years later but at that time the partner gets tested and doesn't have hpv in them.
About 85% of all people will get an HPV infection in their lifetime. For additional info. there are over 150 plus strains in the HPV (Human Papillomavirus) family and most of the body’s immune system typically eradicates the virus within two years 90% of the time and most strains of HPV go away permanently without treatment. Unfortunately, where it doesn’t, can cause health problems like cancer sometime down the road. Age is a risk factor for oropharyngeal cancer. It’s more common in older adults because it takes years to develop. Because of this, it is almost impossible to know exactly when or from whom a person contracted the virus.
Also, 90% of all oral cancers today are now HPV-related and mostly are made up of men. Of all those HPV strains there are a few that cause cancer such as, HPV 16 & 18 are most commonly associated with development of cancer. The HPV 16 strain is strongly associated with throat cancer.
God bless