By: run baby run dont ever look back

run baby run dont ever look back — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:01:20 +0000

very good of you to take charge..call up your local clinic..sometimes they have walk-in hours and give free tests!

By: blake v

blake v — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:31:37 +0000

20 bucks

By: Ms. Monroe

Ms. Monroe — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:58:59 +0000

You can go to your primary care physician and tell them you would like to be tested for STDs. You just have to pay the co-pay as long as you have insurance.

By: mindi_le

mindi_le — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:08:50 +0000

there is no tests for hpv sorry . in women once a strain of hpv has changed cervical cells it is sometimes picked up on pap smears. if u r worried about the strain that causes genital warts there is a acid test that can b preformed (doc takes a swab of a liquid likened to vinegar and wipes the genital with it if warts are present ( even tiny one’s u wouldnt normaly see ) then the wart will turn white,but it still doesnt conclude that you havnt been infected as it can take months for this hpv strain to show symptoms. most hpv strains dont cause harm ( there are abou 80 strains that have been identified and more without classification as yet ) ! infact most healhcare providers say that hpv is just a normal part of being sexually active (excluding the cancer causing strain)

By: Al LeGator

Al LeGator — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 09:24:20 +0000

It costs nothing because there is no approved test for men. The only realistic test for women is not so much for the virus but for altered cells in the cervix as part of a pap test.
I’m sure that there is likely some DNA related test that could be theoretically done but the costs would be way out of proportion to the benefit.UPDATE: I’ve just found reference to a test which does look for the cancer causing HPV strain, and is used with the Pap test. The Pap looks for cervical cells after they’ve been altered.
With the exception of cervical cells that can be changed to cancerous cells, HPV is a virus a normal, healthy immune system will suppress in 2 years or less.

By: tarnishe

tarnishe — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:52:17 +0000

There is no FDA approved DNA HPV test for the male. However you may find a dermatologist or a urologist that may do the test. Also there is a lab that offers the test…the link will follow.
It is important to know that screening the penis is more difficult than taking a smaple of the transformation zone of the cervix. The HPV test that is most commonly done (Digene/Qiagen) uses the same sample taking for the Pap…an HPV test follows a the Pap test that found abnormal cell changes…the HPV test confirms that abnormal cell changes are due to one of the 13 high risk HPV types that the test screens for…the HPV test is a screening of the cervix…it does not include any vulva cells…so our HPV test does not tell us if we presently have high risk HPV types of the vulva. The HPV test will only show as a positive if our virus is active…once the virus goes into a quite state it is not seen in any test…however so far no one can prove that we will never transmit our virus…due to the natural continued shedding our body does of cells. The transformation zone is a very small area…so it is easier to collect cells here…and this is where most cell changes occur…There is no approved DNA HPV screening for the vulva. The vulva is a larger area…and no one place is more subjected to the virus…and swabbing of the area will not provide great results.
Newer studies are showing that there may be a large time frame between acquiring the virus and showing abnormal cell changes.
As with our Paps HPV screening would need to be done yearly and with a new sex partner…and it may take several years before our body does show changes.
If you have had sex with one person..and that person has had sex with more than one person…there is a high chance that you have already acquire a HPV type. They are over 40 high and low risk HPV types that affect the oral and genital area. Many times we carry more than one HPV type.
The vinegar test may show small warts but this is not a conclusive test for HPV. Most visible warts are low risk HPV types…study also show that 20 to 50% of the population with warts also carry a co-infection with high risks HPV types.
A new HPV test was just approved by the FDA for cervical screening..it will screen for 14 high risks HPV types…and can screen for specific high risk types 16 and 18.
Most people male and female carry the virus and not know they have it.
HPV testing is not included in STI screening.
This is the link to the compay that offers an HPV test for the male…one gal that purchased the test said it was about $300…don’t know if this is right:http://www.mdlab.com/html/testing/hpv_ty…
This is more information on the test and the link
• HPV Type-Detect® 2.0 by Bio-Plex Analysis
o Papillomaviruses are a diverse group of viruses that have been found in more than 20 different mammalian species. To date, there are more than 200 known HPV types. HPV infection is very common, though most infected individuals eliminate evidence of the virus without developing clinical manifestations. Thus, very few HPV-infected individuals progress to invasive cervical cancer. HPV type is a well established risk factor determinant for progression to cervical cancer. Over 40 HPV types infect the anogenital tract, 15 of them have been classified as high-risk for development of cervical cancer, 3 have been classified as probable high-risk, 12 have been classified as low-risk and 3 are considered undetermined-risk An HPV type is defined as a complete genome whose L1 gene sequence is at least 10% dissimilar to that of any other HPV type. Each Papillomavirus is highly tropic for a specific epithelium, and has its own degree of oncogenicity. The HPV Type-Detect® 2.0 by Bio-Plex Analysis assay is an improvement upon the current PCR technology for multiplexing by using PCR in combination with a liquid microarray system. HPV Type-Detect® 2.0 targets the L1 major capsid region. This region is a suitable target, because a diverse genetic region is contained within a more conserved region for all the detected HPV subtypes. The assay utilizes PCR to amplify a general region with subsequent detection of specific subtypes utilizing type specific oligonucleotide probes. The multiplexed assay detects and distinguishes between nineteen different subtypes, both high-risk and low-risk.
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? Method:
? Bio-Plex Analysis
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? Specimen:
? OneSwab®, UroSwab® (males)
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? Transport:
? Stable at room temperature
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? Turn around time:
? 24-48 hours http://www.mdlab.com/html/testing/gyno_u…
I wish you well.

Comments on: How Much Does It Cost For Guys To Be Tested For Hpv?

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