Fortunately, serious health problems caused by HPV infection are very rare in men. If your partner wants clarification or advice, urologists, dermatologists or the family doctor are the appropriate contacts for him.
If you are in a committed relationship, it can be assumed that your partner is also infected with HPV. It is not known whether both partners repeatedly infect each other. However, there are indications that existing cell changes in the woman's cervix are more likely to regress if [ read more...]
The detection of an HPV infection is not a sign of an external relationship or infidelity. The infection may have occurred many years ago and remained unnoticed, as the infection is usually asymptomatic.
Many women find it difficult to talk to their partner about their HPV infection. Most are concerned with the following questions: Who infected whom?
Since the infection is accompanied by no symptoms, it usually goes unnoticed by those affected. Because women are more likely to be examined, they are [ read more...]
Unfortunately, condoms do not reliably protect against HPV because they do not protect all potentially infected areas of skin in the genital area. Nevertheless, they can reduce the risk of infection and of course protect against many other sexually transmitted diseases.
Since 2007, there is the possibility of vaccination for all who have not yet been infected. [read more...]
The main route of infection
Infection usually occurs during sexual intercourse through contact with infected skin or mucous membrane areas. Viruses can also be transmitted during oral sex. Infection by non-sexual means is possible, but comparatively rare.
For medical laypersons, physical details can be seen amazingly well on a successful 3D ultrasound image. In fact, however, three-dimensional ultrasound has no higher resolution and is no more accurate than two-dimensional sonography. For an experienced physician, a "normal" ultrasound is more informative. When it comes to a differentiated diagnosis [ read more...]
Around the middle third of pregnancy, the fetal structures are developed to such an extent that impressive images can be obtained if the acoustic conditions are good and the position of the child is favorable. In addition, the fetus is still quite small, so that full-body images are possible. Towards the end of pregnancy, due to the lowering of the head, [ read more...]
3D ultrasound uses the same sound waves as conventional sonography. There is no "stronger radiation" that could be harmful to the child. The three-dimensional effect is the result of computing power, in which a sophisticated computer programme processes recordings at the various levels to create an overall image.
The sound waves used in an ultrasound examination are extremely weak. The advantages of sonography in caring for mother and child, on the other hand, are enormous. Nevertheless, there is more frequent debate about whether the sound waves are audible to the unborn child or whether they cause the amniotic fluid to vibrate [ read more...]