Genital Warts (Human Papillomavirus): What Increases Your Risk
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What Increases Your Risk
Factors that increase the risk of becoming infected with a sexually transmitted disease, such as HPV and genital warts, include:
- Having multiple sex partners.
- Having high-risk partner(s) (partner has multiple sex partners or HPV-infected sex partners).
- Having unprotected sexual contact (not using condoms).
- Having an impaired immune system.
If you have a high-risk type of HPV and are using birth control pills for more than 5 years, research suggests that this can increase your risk of getting cervical cancer.3 More research is needed, but for more information, see the topic Cervical Cancer.
| Last updated: | July 02, 2008 |
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| Author: | Sandy Jocoy, RN |
| Reviewed By: | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine, Jeanne Marrazzo, MD, MPH - Infectious Disease |
| Editors: | Kathleen M. Ariss, MS, Pat Truman, MATC |
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