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A 20-year-old male asked:
Is it possible for a woman to get a high-risk cancer-causing strain of hpv from wearing someone else's unwashed, recently worn underwear if that someone is infected with those high-risk strains?
1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

Dr. Gurmukh Singhanswered
Pathology 51 years experience
Get HPV vaccine: You are unlikely to get the virus from clothes.
Have a healthy diet, exercise 30 minutes/day, drink plenty of water daily so your urine is mostly colorless, have safe sex, no tobacco alcohol weed or street drugs. For nutrition: http://www.choosemyplate.gov/.
Safe sex: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/safer-sex-guidelines
Get HPV vaccine. Wish you good health!
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Last updated Nov 22, 2020
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