Lychees are abundant in summer, and a reader from Bac Giang, Ngoc Ngan, asks if eating half a kilogram daily and storing them dried for gradual consumption can help prevent cancer.
Mr. Van, 60, experienced a sore throat and painful swallowing for three weeks, thinking it was tonsillitis, but doctors diagnosed stage 4 tonsil cancer with lymph node metastasis due to HPV.
My boyfriend plans to get the HPV vaccine, but his mother is preventing him, fearing it causes infertility. Is this true? (Nguyen Thi Uoc, 24, Dong Nai)
Nguyen Thi Tuyet, 40, from Ninh Binh, asks if receiving the HPV vaccine will accelerate recovery, having recently been diagnosed with uterine fibroids and undergoing treatment.
A 20-year-old from Can Tho asks if accidental contact with the urine of someone with genital warts can lead to infection and what preventive measures should be taken.
After sexual intercourse, if I thoroughly wash my genital area with alcohol, will it prevent genital warts and other sexually transmitted infections? (Ngan Anh, 22, TP HCM)
A 22-year-old, Duy Khang, developed warts on his forehead, mistook them for pimples, and squeezed them, causing the lesions to spread, ulcerate, and become painful.
A 35-year-old man from Nghe An asks about human papillomavirus (HPV) dormancy and transmission after his girlfriend tested positive for types 16 and 18 without symptoms.
The Ministry of Health has added human papillomavirus (HPV) and pneumococcal vaccines to the mandatory immunization schedule under the Expanded Immunization Program, aiming to boost immunity coverage and alleviate financial burdens for citizens.
A reader asks if consuming plums daily, which are currently in season and rich in vitamins and antioxidants, can help prevent cancer. (Tran Van Binh, 35, Can Tho)
After two months of unprotected intercourse, Mr. Quan, 49, developed small lesions in his genital area, which he initially believed were skin tags; however, doctors diagnosed them as genital warts.
The body's immune system can naturally clear the human papillomavirus (HPV). However, persistent infections can lead to cellular damage and potentially progress to cancer.
