不能治愈性传播疾病    Incurable STDs

人类乳头瘤病毒-生殖器湿疣/尖锐湿疣 I

1. 它是什么？
正象其名称所标示的那样，生殖器湿疣是一种性接触传播的病毒传染病[在中国大陆，习惯于称它为尖锐湿疣（Condylomata acuminata）——译者注]。它能够引起被接触的性器官长出赘生物或疣子，此外被感染肛门也会长疣。已经证明，在女性这种性传播疾病与子宫颈癌的发生有关联；在两性甚至与口腔癌有关联。

2. 它由什么所引起？
该病由人类乳头瘤病毒(Human Papilloma Virus ，HPV)所引起。这类病毒有许多种类型，其中有的能导致生殖器湿疣，有的可以引起癌症。

3. 它如何传播？
生殖器湿疣常常通过与感染者的阴道、口腔或直肠的性接触传染。感染者并不会必定有任何的疣子或其他肉眼可见的症状。如果疣子出现，甚至没有任何性接触，只要接触一下它们就足以被传染上。人类乳头瘤病毒孳生在皮肤或黏膜内，而且能够通过皮肤细微破损或创口或黏膜感染另一个人。

Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) - Genital Warts

1. What is it?
As the name indicates, this is a sexually transmitted virus infection. It can cause small growths or warts usually on the sex organs by which the contact has been made, but also on the anus. In women, HPV infections have been linked to cervical cancer. In both sexes they have even been linked to oral cancer.

2. What causes it?
The disease is caused by a Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). There are many different types of HPVs, and some of them can cause genital warts, others may cause cancer.

3. How is it transmitted?
HPV infections are usually transmitted through vaginal, oral, or anal sexual contact with an infected person. Such a person does not necessarily have any warts or other visible symptoms. If warts are present, it may be enough to touch them to become infected, even without any sexual contact. The HP virus lives in the skin or mucous membranes and can infect another person through tiny lesions or breaks in the skin or mucous membranes.