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Old 10-04-2005, 06:27 PM   #50 (permalink)
Gabbycat
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Default Re: Safe Sex & Herpes

"First, women who have cervical dysplasia have HSV. Most doctors don't explain this to them. Cervical cancer is almost exclusively caused by HSV."

Uhh... wrong. Cervical cancer is caused by the human papilloma virus. However
... "certain herpesviruses (HSV), including HSV-6, HSV-2, HSV-7, and cytomegalovirus, have been detected in women with cervical cancer. HSV-6 is under particular suspicion as playing a role in activating the papillomavirus gene. The presence of these very common viruses, however, may simply be coincidental, and they may serve no purpose other than being bystanders."
http://www.umm.edu/patiented/doc46full.html

I had cervical cancer about 15 years ago. It was not caused by herpes. I did not have herpes.
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