Many deadly diseases before have outspread due to lack of knowledge on the part of public. The young are most vulnerable to unawareness, especially if the disease transmits sexually. Many parents shy away from giving sex awareness to their kids, which eventually becomes the reason for diseases, such as human papillomavirus (HPV), sexually transmitted diseases to take roots in society. There are preventions available to treat diseases brought by the virus.

The HPV is most common sexually transmit disease in the US, according to the center for disease control and prevention (CDC). A new case of HVP is found every 20 minute in the US. It is believed that at some point in life a person who is sexually active could contract it and women in this case are 80% at risk. HVP can cause diseases such as genital warts and cancer and CDC declared that each year about 14 million new HPV cases are seen.

The disease spreads directly by skin-to-skin contact during vaginal, anal or oral sex with someone who is already infected with HPV. Sometimes a person infected with the virus shows no symptoms that could keep the person unaware of his medical status. They only become aware of the disease when they suffer from virus-related diseases such as cancer.

There are several preventions that are effective. The use of condoms and dental dams can be helpful but even these do not ensure 100% safety. It is advised that youngsters should get themselves vaccinated when they are very young, at 11 or 12 years of age. The FDA approved vaccines are Gardasil, Gardasil 9 and Cervarix that are recommended for vaccination.

“We must bite the bullet and educate our kids, most of us cannot even talk about it with our adult friends, it’s difficult to imagine our ‘babies’ even wanting to have sex, and we would of course like to believe that if we don’t ask and they don’t tell, they aren’t doing it”, said Julie Orris, who has a doctorate in psychology and treats adolescents and adults at her private practice in Newport Beach, who believed awareness about disease could help in reducing the cases of the disease.