{"id":3415,"date":"2025-11-01T18:29:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T16:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vythoulkas.ro\/virusul-hpv-la-barbati\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T18:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T16:01:08","slug":"hpv-in-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vythoulkas.ro\/en\/hpv-in-men\/","title":{"rendered":"HPV in Men"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/a>Although HPV is commonly associated with women, it is just as important to understand how the human papillomavirus affects men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HPV in women has been widely studied, especially because around 80% of women become infected during their lifetime, and some of the more than 100 known HPV types can cause precancerous lesions and cervical cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most information focuses on women, but men can also be affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How common is HPV in men?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMen are immunologically more resilient and therefore develop HPV-related disease much less frequently,\u201d explains Dr. Andreas Vythoulkas, Obstetrics-Gynecology specialist with a subspecialty in infertility. HPV infections also tend to be less aggressive in men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike women, who have screening tools such as the Pap test, men do not have an equivalent screening test<\/strong> for HPV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is HPV hard to detect in men?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are no early signs of HPV infection in men, and genital warts appear only in more advanced stages. Currently, no test can detect HPV in its early phase in men. Diagnosis is made only when visible lesions appear,\u201d notes Dr. Vythoulkas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This means men can carry and transmit the virus without knowing it. Even protected sex does not completely eliminate the risk, as HPV spreads through skin-to-skin contact and condoms do not cover the entire genital area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HPV in men can cause cancer<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Just as HPV is linked to cervical cancer in women, in men the virus is associated with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n