Cervical cancer can endanger women's lives, and currently there is no drug that can completely cure cervical cancer. Many people know that cervical cancer is caused by HPV infection due to appetite, and HPV is a virus that can be transmitted through multiple pathways. Many people believe that clothing worn by cervical cancer patients can also transmit cervical cancer. Can cervical cancer patients be infected through clothing?
In fact, cervical cancer is not contagious, and clothing that contains cervical cancer will not cause the transmission of cervical cancer. However, cervical cancer patients often have HPV virus in their bodies, and the virus that can be transmitted is HPV virus. HPV infection does not actually lead to the occurrence of cervical cancer. Studies have shown that only 3% of HPV infected individuals will develop cervical cancer, while the vast majority of HPV infected individuals can eliminate the HPV virus within a certain period of time through their own immunity. So the vast majority of HPV infected individuals actually do not develop cervical cancer.
If the clothing of cervical cancer patients is washed together with the clothing of others, there is indeed a possibility of HPV virus transmission. However, HPV virus is a virus that can disappear in the human body for up to 8 months and does not necessarily cause cervical cancer to appear. Therefore, it is generally believed that cervical cancer is not contagious, and only HPV virus can be transmitted. This virus is also relatively easy to be cleared by the patient's own immune system.
In summary, cervical cancer is not contagious, and only HPV, the causative agent of cervical cancer, is contagious. However, it does not necessarily cause cervical cancer, so there is no need to be overly nervous.
