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Greenleaves said:
Condoms don't really protect against HPV very well.

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Actually, the research on whether condom use lowers the risk of HPV is unknown at this time. But we do know that condom use lowers the risk of cervical cancer.

As a general rule, the more severe the abnormal cell change, the greater the risk of cancer. We divide HPV (which is actually over 100 viruses) into high-risk and low-risk viruses. The high-risk viruses are the ones that are likely to produce greater cell changes and thus greater risk of cancer.

That being said, what is know, is that even women who have been infected with high-risk HPV and have greater abnormal cells are still very unlikely to actually be diagnosed with cervical cancer.

If you are at risk and have been infected with HPV, stop smoking. Smoking also increases your risk.