Learnt a scary thing yesterday regarding the Human Papilloma Virus which is responsible for cervical cancer...
A website said that 'Using a condom offers only very limited protection from transmission of HPV.'... so I queried it... and was told it was because the HPV is so small it passes through! :shock: (gulp)...
So make sure you attend your cervical smear sessions ladies!
Even so condoms are still a good idea.
WW could you possibly provide a reference for that statement about HPV getting through condoms? I only ask because I've just checked with Mrs. DP (who has a PhD in Immunology), and she's pointed out that since HIV is about the same size as HPV, a condom that can stop one should be able to stop the other.
Of course, since HPV can colonise pretty much any part of the body (it being the cause of normal warts as well as genital ones), the danger of infection comes from contact with bits that aren't covered by condoms (like fingers, etc).
But NN, CC isn't painful until, often, its too late to do anything about it! Most cancers are like that.
GO I repeat GO!
Sorry to be a bit of a doomsayer but this cancer is highly treatable if caught in time.
go!
See what I have to live with, and don''t have a go at me, I have this argument with her about 4 times a year lol