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Originally Posted by Katarina Witt
In the case of my friend, I don't know. He wasn't a smoker; that's another big cause. You've heard correctly. Also penile cancer and vulvar cancer. Plus penile warts. You want to see some gross pictures, yuck! Not what anyone wants.
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Not smoking caused the cancer? That seems odd. Or is it just that statistically there are more non-smokers who get that kind of cancer?
I've been tested for HPV but don't have it. Someone on another board said 80% of people are infected with HPV and I googled it and apparently, that's true. But it's just an estimate and I find it hard to believe so many people have it. I slept around a lot when I was younger and never caught any STD, of any kind. Maybe I'm just lucky or maybe it's my strong immune system.
Anyway I plan to make sure all of my kids get the HPV vaccine as well as every other vaccine.
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