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A member asked:
If hpv is dormant in cervix, is it also dormant in mouth and anus squamous regions? diagnosed with hpv march this year. don't know much about it.
2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Could be: Cancer at the base of the tongue, anus and cervix are all possible outcomes to HPV infection from relevant strains. You may or may not ever know if you have these in a given location.
Answered 5/5/2019
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Very complex issues: Most women with cervical HPV have it only there. Anal HPV is most common in the receptive partners in anal sex; these probably are the only ones at substantial risk of anal cancer. Oral HPV is one fifth as frequent as genital. Both sites apparently can be infected indirectly, without direct sexual exposure. At any site, immunity clears most infections, but HPV DNA may persist ("dormant").
Answered 6/5/2015
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