I wish that when folks were looking at the possible complications of HPV, that death wasn't the only consequence highlighted. 4000+ deaths a year from cervical cancer, when looked at the number of infections, is actually quite low and impressive. And that number will indeed be higher when you tally up other forms of HPV-related cancers.
It's the LEEPs and hysterectomies performed to treat it as a result of screening that are scarier numbers. And to someone who want to have children of their own, loosing your fertility can be a huge life changing negative impact. (Thankfully for me it, was just a huge a surgery and financial cost.)
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Date: 8/24/09 08:52 pm (UTC)From:It's the LEEPs and hysterectomies performed to treat it as a result of screening that are scarier numbers. And to someone who want to have children of their own, loosing your fertility can be a huge life changing negative impact. (Thankfully for me it, was just a huge a surgery and financial cost.)