Papilloma virus in men

Seyed Mohammad Jazayeri, professor of virology and head of the clinical virology research center of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, says about the problems caused by the papilloma virus in men: "In addition to the problems caused by the papilloma virus in women, we must pay attention to the fact that this virus can cause disease. It should also happen in men."

Until 15 years ago, the issue of papilloma virus problems in men was not discussed, and only in cases where men's diseases reached a stage that led to cancer in the genital or anus area, this issue was considered. In fact, there was no talk about what to do for men infected with this papilloma virus in the world of science.

But this issue was noticed about 15 years ago. One of the main reasons for paying attention to the disease and infection of papilloma in men is that this virus causes diseases in men, just as it causes cervical cancer in women.

The cause of delay in paying attention to the papilloma virus in men
 
With the identification of the role of the papilloma virus in causing cancer in men; The question arises as to why this virus was not noticed in men before.

In response to this question, Jazayeri says that this is due to the fact that scientists, doctors, experts and scientific associations realized that if all the attention regarding vaccines and disease control and prevention is directed towards women and men are forgotten; In fact, men themselves can play a big role in women getting the disease.

That is, in this way, men can transmit the papilloma virus to women through sex.

In fact, these reasons have caused attention and focus on the category of papilloma in men.


1. Pathogenicity of papilloma virus in men

About 40 to 85 percent of various cancers in the genital and anal region of men are caused by the papilloma virus. Therefore, the difference between the pathogenicity of the papilloma virus in men and women is that in the case of women's cervical cancer, it should be said that between 99 and 100 percent of the incidence of this disease is related to this virus.

But in the case of men, it should be said that cases of cancer are related to this virus and other cases are related to other causes. This issue can be a sufficient and necessary reason to consider and investigate the papilloma virus. In addition, the prevalence of genital warts is not less if not more common and severe in men than in women. Because health issues will also include their condition.


2. Disease transmission from men to women

Scientists and specialists realized two decades ago that only paying attention to women is not enough to control papilloma disease, and men should also be paid attention to. According to Dr. Jazayeri, while genital warts are transmitted from men to women, which is very common; In most cases, this transmission happens while men are asymptomatic carriers; It means that sometimes no genital warts can be seen in them. But they can transmit this disease to others.

Therefore, maybe in a family life, men frequently get papilloma infection; He passes it on to his wife without showing any signs of the disease or infection.


3. Risky sexual behaviors in men

Jazayeri says risky sexual behavior, including multiple sexual partners and homosexuality, is another important factor that causes a lot of infection with papilloma virus. In addition, in general, risky sexual behaviors are more common in men than in women in all societies of the world.

what should we do?

Jazayeri says that all these conditions indicate the importance of the papilloma virus in men. But what should be done against this problem? Unfortunately, until now, there are no guidelines for controlling the disease in men who do not have any symptoms and sexual behavior, either normal, family, or high-risk behaviors. In fact, there is no follow-up, screening and instructions about this disease; It does not exist for people who have signs and symptoms of the disease or those without symptoms.


Vaccination of men against papilloma virus

General papilloma vaccination was initially only for women. But currently, in western countries, men are also vaccinated against papilloma virus. This is despite the fact that if only women are vaccinated, herd immunity will not happen.

Jazayeri says, therefore, the model that was in the minds of specialists and experts for vaccination against the papilloma virus; That is, "vaccination in women" has changed its direction to "vaccination in women and men".

Lack of attention, education and vaccine against papilloma virus


According to the head of the Clinical Virology Research Center of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, unfortunately, there are currently no specific health recommendations for men regarding attention and care against the HPV virus.

In this way, it can be said that the problem of transmission of papilloma virus from men to women has become an international problem. In addition, the problem of our country in this regard is that in addition to such a common problem with other countries; The vaccine is not available enough. Moreover, even public education and awareness in this regard is not seen at the community level.

Of course, the existence of a vaccine could reduce the problems to some extent. But the lack of education and the lack of vaccines have made the men of the society highly susceptible to the disease and transmitting it to their sexual partners, even though they themselves are injured.

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