HPV is widespread in nature, does having HPV infection mean that you will get cervical cancer? Actually not, we don’t need to talk about HPV, just calm down and listen to what I have to say. There are more than 150 HPV subtypes in nature, among which there are 13 high-risk HPV types related to cervical cancer, HPV type 16 and 18 are the main types that cause cervical cancer, while low-risk HPV type 6 and 11 infections mainly cause genital warts. About 80% of women will be infected with HPV during their lifetime, but most of the HPV infections are transient, about 60-80% of women can naturally subside within 1-2 years, about 90% of HPV is cleared within 3 years after infection, 10% of women cannot clear the virus as persistent infection, whether the virus can be cleared depends mainly on age. However, women over 30 years of age have a lower clearance rate, which requires regular cervical cancer screening to detect precancerous cervical lesions in time and treat them aggressively to stop their further development. Although HPV is present in all cervical tumors, the vast majority of HPV infections do not actually develop into cervical precancer or cervical cancer, and currently only persistent infection with high-risk HPV is the real cause of cervical cancer. We believe that cervical cancer is a rare complication of HPV infection, so even if you are infected with HPV virus, there is no need to worry, HPV infection does not mean cervical cancer, even if you are infected with HPV type 16 or 18 as I mentioned above, there is no need to worry too much.