Dr. Doni Wilson explains that high-risk HPV types cause cervical, vaginal, vulvar, anal, and head and neck cancers in women, plus penile and anal cancers in men. Low-risk types don't lead to cancer. Protecting yourself from high-risk HPV reduces your cancer risk.
Women: cervical, vaginal, vulvar, anal, and head and neck cancers. Men: head and neck, penile, and anal cancers.
Many of you have asked me, what is the difference between low risk HPV and high risk HPV virus? So here's the difference. The high risk types of HPV are associated with cancer risk, whereas the low risk types are not associated with cancer risk. And that cancer risk can be anything from cervical cancer, vaginal cancer, vulvar, anal, or head and neck cancer for women. And it can also be associated with cancer for men, including head and neck cancer, as well as penile and anal cancer for men. And that's why it's so important to learn what you can do to protect yourself from high risk HPV is because in doing so, you'll be protecting yourself from cancer caused by high risk HPV virus.
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