{"id":8493,"date":"2023-07-18T15:03:07","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T19:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/healthservices\/?page_id=8493"},"modified":"2023-07-18T15:03:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T19:03:07","slug":"human-papillomavirus-hpv","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/healthservices\/human-papillomavirus-hpv\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Papillomavirus (HPV)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>HPV is spread through intimate contact: by having vaginal, anal, or oral sex with someone who has the virus and by direct skin-to-skin contact with someone who has the virus.<\/li><li>HPV can cause genital warts that can look like small, flesh-colored bumps or group together to have a cauliflower-like appearance. In many cases, the warts are too small to be visible.<\/li><li>HPV infections can cause cancers of the:<ul><li>Cervix, vagina and vulva in women<\/li><li>Penis in men<\/li><li>Anus in both women and men<\/li><li>Oropharyngeal cancer, including the base of the tongue and tonsils, in both men and women<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>HPV vaccination can help prevent infection but does not treat existing infection. Many college-aged individuals received their HPV vaccinations as a teen. If you did not receive the vaccine and wish to get it now, it is not too late to get vaccinated. Call 401-874-2246 to schedule this vaccine series at URI Health Services.<\/li><li>Because HPV is common and usually resolves on its own, there is no routine test for HPV. A pap smear for females starting at age 21 will test the cells of the cervix to see if cellular changes many be related to HPV.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HPV is spread through intimate contact: by having vaginal, anal, or oral sex with someone who has the virus and by direct skin-to-skin contact with someone who has the virus. HPV can cause genital warts that can look like small, flesh-colored bumps or group together to have a cauliflower-like appearance. In many cases, the warts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4862,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-8493","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/healthservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/healthservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/healthservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/healthservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4862"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/healthservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8493"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/healthservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8494,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/healthservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8493\/revisions\/8494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/healthservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}