What is an andrologist for?
Do you have erectile dysfunction? They sell a lot, but after 3-4 years of dysfunction, on average: come early!
And do they have a remedy?
I will first rule out a possible heart disease and other pathologies.
A cold can prevent a heart attack.
And save your life, going to your andrologist.
What queries are the most common?
They are increasing sexually transmitted infections (STIs), my specialty: syphilis, gonorrhea, papilloma…
And the most worrying thing of all is…
The human papilloma virus (HPV).
Why do you hate him?
It is one of the most widespread viruses in humanity! With more than two hundred subtypes.
I did not know.
Out of every hundred sexually active people, eighty people carry HPV in their mucous membranes, oral, genital or anal.
80% of humanity, infected?
HPV is everywhere, like God.
I did not know.
But the most normal thing is for your immune system to eliminate the virus within a few months. And clean, you might get infected again.
Successively? How will I get infected?
You will become infected if any of your mucous membranes come into contact with another person’s already infected mucosa: or by having oral sex, be it fellatio or cunnilingus…
Michael Douglas, we know.
Or kiss Or intercourse Or rubbing between genitals.
How serious is it?
If the virus persists, over the years it causes cervical cancer.
What is the cervix?
The cervix, the continuation of the vagina towards the uterus.
Does cancer appear there?
Yes, and cervical cancer is the most diagnosed cancer in the world due to HPV.
Understood.
10% of women infected with HPV will develop cervical cancer. That is why we vaccinate all girls compulsorily.
And thus are they protected against cervical cancer?
Yes, happily. But… men remain unprotected, unfortunately.
Do we not vaccinate men?
No! And today, oropharyngeal cancer among men exceeds that of the cervix among women.
Oropharynx, what is it?
Cancer in the neck, larynx, behind the tongue, in the head.
Oh, the Michael Douglas one was this one.
Yes, diagnosed as caused by HPV, human papilloma virus.
Per oral sex, oi?
That’s right, and in these cases oropharyngeal cancer will appear three to seven years after you have been infected with HPV.
And how can I avoid this infection?
Practice oral sex only with your partner and that she does not practice it with any other person who may be infected.
Doctor, I think you’re ruining some plans for tonight…
Do I explain the case of a stable couple, my patients?
Come in.
They visited an exchange club together. He did nothing that night, and she practiced fellatio on another man.
And did she get infected?
Yes, through your oral mucosa. Already at home, she performed fellatio on her man: thus infecting his genital mucosa. Then he penetrated her: and thus infected her genital mucosa.
HPV’s long journey to the cervix.
It is urgent to stop it, and today we can.
what should we do
Women visit their gynecologist and men their andrologist, once a year. And the big key: forcing all boys to be vaccinated, just like girls!
Why is this not mandatory anymore?
To save public money, I’m afraid. What a serious mistake!
Because this is how the chain of infections continues… and the resulting costs, of course.
The economic costs of thousands of cervical and oropharyngeal cancers, accurate.
What if we vaccinate all girls and boys at the same time, from now on?
Cervical cancer will disappear from the world in thirty years.
Really?
It would be the first cancer eradicated in human history, totally!
How many cases are there in the world today?
530,000 cases are diagnosed in women between 15 and 44 years old. And in Spain, 2,000 cases… with 700 deaths a year.
Let’s save these lives!
A very wrong bias against men discriminates against children today in HPV vaccination. It’s aberrant! It harms humanity. Ignorance continues to kill us.
