PREGNANCY WILL NOT KILL OR MAIM - HPV WILL

HERE ARE A COLLECTION OF STATISTICS THAT NEED TO BE STUDIED BY ALL YOUNG PEOPLE THE WAY OUR HOMELAND SECURITY AGENCY STUDIES INTELLIGENCE RELATING TO TERRORISM:

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a very common sexually transmitted disease that infects between 20 to 40 million people in the United States.

Over 6 million people acquire HPV each year, and by age 50, at least 80 percent of women will have acquired genital HPV infection. Of this number, only a tiny percentage of between one and five percent have noticeable symptoms. Most people with HPV do not develop symptoms.

Human papilloma virus disease is manifested by wart-like growths (Condylomata acuminata) around the cervix, vulva, rectum or penis, or more recently, in the throat. These warts may be as small as a pinhead, or as large as a fist (this is not common, but has been reported in medical reports).

Cervical cancer in women, while preventable through regular Paps, is linked to high-risk types of HPV

Each new sexual partner per month increased a woman's risk of HPV infection by 10 fold.

Both males and females can infect others with the papilloma virus and yet have no apparent warts. At least 38 to 46 percent (and, up to 60 percent) of sexually active women contract HPV

The risk of developing cancer of the cervix is directly related to two factors: age of the woman at first sexual intercourse (the younger her age, the greater the risk); and the number of sexual partners (the greater the number of different partners, the greater the risk)

Some studies suggest that an estimated 15 percent of men and women between the ages of 15 and 49 are currently infected with genital HPV.

Women, especially young women, have the highest levels of known HPV infections.

An average of 14 percent of American female college students get infected with genital HPV each year.

An average of 28 to 46 percent of women under the age of 25 are infected with genital HPV.

There are about 30 different types of HPV that can cause a genital HPV infection.

HPV-16 is the cause of more than 50 percent of cervical cancers in women.

Let's think about this. The risk of contracting HPV for a person engaging in premarital sexual relations is astoundingly high. The consequences range from irritating warts, to infertility (inability to have children), to cervical cancer. And a condom does not necessarily offer protection against HPV. Young people are victims of a GREAT LIE: premarital sexual relations can be risk-free with the proper "precautions." When will we wake up to this danger lurking among us like a silent, deadly monster?