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Are oral/ throat warts common in healthy young adults? i got the shot when i was little to prevent oral and genital cancer.
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Oral warts...: ...are rare. It's good you were vaccinated against HPV. Now you needn't worry: you are well protected against most of the HPV types that cause cancer, including the one type (HPV16) that causes almost all HPV-related throat cancers.
Answered 3/10/2018
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