He aha te whakamātautau HPV? Te Whāinga, Ngā Taumata/Tikanga & Ngā Hua

He whakamātautau HPV e tirotiro ana mō te huaketo papilloma tangata (HPV) i roto i ō pūtau pūkahukahu. He huaketo noa te HPV ka arahi i ētahi wā ki te mate pukupuku pūkahukahu, ki ētahi atu raruraru hauora rānei. Mā tēnei whakamātautau māmā e āwhina ngā tākuta ki te hopu i ngā raruraru ka puta wawe, i te wā e taea ai te rongoā. Whakaarohia he tātari ārai e hoatu ana ki a koe me tō kaiwhakarato hauora ngā kōrero whai hua mō tō hauora whakaputa uri.

He aha te whakamātautau HPV?

Ka kitea e te whakamātautau HPV te aroaro o te DNA huaketo papilloma tangata i roto i ngā pūtau mai i tō pūkahukahu. He rōpū tūturu te HPV o ngā huaketo neke atu i te 200 e pā ana, ā, ko tēnei whakamātautau e rapu ana i ngā momo mōrearea nui ka puta pea te mate pukupuku pūkahukahu. Ka mahi te whakamātautau mā te kohi i tētahi tauira iti o ngā pūtau mai i tō pūkahukahu, he rite ki te mahi a te Pap smear.

He rerekē ngā momo whakamātautau HPV e wātea ana. Ko ētahi whakamātautau e rapu ana i ngā momo HPV mōrearea nui, i ētahi atu ka taea te tautuhi i ngā momo motuhake pēnei i te HPV 16 me te 18, e puta ai te nuinga o ngā mate pukupuku pūkahukahu. Ka whiriwhiria e tō tākuta te whakamātautau tika i runga i tō tau, tō hītori hauora, me ngā aratohu o nāianei.

Ko te tikanga ka mahia te whakamātautau i te taha o te Pap smear, hei utu rānei mō te Pap smear, i runga i tō tau me ngā āhuatanga mōrearea. He maha ngā wāhine e mahia ana ngā whakamātautau e rua i te wā kotahi i te wā o tā rātou whakamātautau gynecological, e mōhiotia ana ko te co-testing.

He aha te take e mahia ai te whakamātautau HPV?

He pūnaha whakatūpato wawe te whakamātautau HPV mō te mōrearea o te mate pukupuku pūkahukahu. I te mea ka mau tonu ngā mate HPV mō ngā tau me te kore he tohu, ka āwhina tēnei whakamātautau ki te tautuhi i ngā raruraru ka puta i mua i te whanake ki ngā āhuatanga nui ake. Ko te nuinga o ngā mate HPV ka ngaro noa iho i roto i ngā tau e rua, engari ko ētahi mate mau tonu me ngā momo mōrearea nui ka arahi ki ngā huringa i mua i te mate pukupuku.

Ka tohutohu pea tō tākuta i te whakamātautau HPV mō ētahi take nui. Ka whai hua pea koe mai i tēnei tātari mēnā kei waenga koe i te 30 me te 65 tau te pakeke hei wāhanga o te tātari mō te mate pukupuku pūkahukahu. Ka whakamahia hoki i te wā i puta ai he hua Pap smear koretake hei āwhina i te whakatau i ngā mahi e whai ake nei i roto i tō tiaki.

Ka whai hua nui te whakamātautau mēnā he ētahi āhuatanga tūpono tōu. Kei roto i ēnei ko te whai i ngā hoa moe maha, te tīmatanga i te mahi moe i te tamarikitanga, te whai rānei i tētahi pūnaha ārai mate ngoikore. Heoi, he mea nui kia mōhio ko te HPV he mea noa noa iho, ā, ka whai te nuinga o te hunga e kaha ana ki te moe i tēnei i tētahi wā i ō rātou oranga.

He aha te tikanga mō te Whakamātautau HPV?

He tika tonu te tikanga whakamātautau HPV, ā, he rite tonu ki te whiwhi i te Pap smear. Ka takoto koe ki runga i tētahi tēpu whakamātau me ō waewae i roto i ngā here, ā, ka ata whakauru tō tākuta i tētahi speculum ki roto i tō tara kia kite mārama i tō pūkahukahu. He torutoru noa ngā hēkona ka roa te kohinga tauira, ā, ka uru ki te whakamahi i tētahi paraihe iti, i tētahi spatula rānei hei kohi pūtau mai i tō pūkahukahu.

I te wā o te tikanga, ka pōturi pea koe, ka paku rānei te raruraru, engari kāore e tika kia mamae. He maha ngā wāhine e whakaahua ana i tēnei me te mea he paku kōpeke, he paku rānei te kōpiko. Ko te katoa o te tukanga e kore e roa i te rima meneti mai i te tīmatanga ki te otinga.

I muri i te kohinga i te tauira, ka whakatakoto tō tākuta i ngā pūtau ki roto i tētahi otinga wai motuhake e tiaki ana i a rātou mō te whakamātau. Ka tukuna te tauira ki tētahi taiwhanga i reira ka titiro ngā tohunga hangarau ki te DNA HPV mā te whakamahi i ngā tikanga ngota matatau. Ka taea e koe te hoki ki ō mahi noa i muri tonu i te whakamātautau.

Me pēhea te whakarite mō tō Whakamātautau HPV?

He māmā te whakarite mō te whakamātautau HPV, ā, kāore e hiahiatia ngā huringa nui o te oranga. Ko te kī ko te wā tika i tō whakaritenga, me te karo i ētahi mahi ka raru pea i te whiwhi i ngā hua tika. Ka āwhina te whakarite pai i te whakarite i ngā hua whakamātautau tino pono.

Anei nga mahi ka āwhina i a koe ki te whakarite pai:

• Whakaritea tō whakamātautau mō tētahi wā kaore koe e paheke ana, ko te mea pai 10-20 rā i muri i te tīmatanga o tō paheketanga whakamutunga
• Kaua e horoi i te tara, e whakamahi rongoā tara, e moe tahi rānei mō te 24-48 haora i mua i te whakamātautau
• Kaua e whakamahi i ngā tāpona, ngā kirīmi tara, ngā patu momo rānei mō te 24 haora i mua
• Mau kākahu wātea, ngāwari ki te tango mai i te hope ki raro
• Whakaarohia te tango i tētahi rongoā mamae i runga i te kaute i te haora i mua mēnā e māharahara ana koe mō te kore e pai

Kia mahara ko ēnei whakaritenga he mea anake hei whakapai ake i ō hua whakamātautau. Mēnā i tūpono koe i tētahi mea i runga i tēnei rārangi, kaua e māharahara rawa – ka taea tonu e tō tākuta te mahi i te whakamātautau angitu.

Me pēhea te pānui i tō Whakamātautau HPV?

He tika te māramatanga ki ō hua whakamātautau HPV ina mohio koe ki te aha e rapu. Ko te tikanga ka hoki mai ngā hua hei pai, hei kino rānei, ā, ka whakamāramahia e tō tākuta te tikanga o tēnei mō tō āhuatanga motuhake. Ko te hua kino te tikanga kāore i kitea ngā momo HPV mōrearea nui, i te wā e kitea ana e te hua pai te iti rawa o tētahi momo mōrearea nui.

Mēnā ka hoki mai tō whakamātautau he kino, he rongoā pai tēnei. Ko te tikanga he iti rawa tō tūponotanga ki te whakawhanake i te mate pukupuku kaki kōpū i ngā wā tata nei. Ka tūtohu pea tō tākuta i te arotake i ngā wā katoa i roto i te 3-5 tau, i runga i tō tau me ētahi atu āhuatanga tūpono.

Kāore te hua pai e tikanga ana he mate pukupuku tō, e whakawhanake rānei koe i te reira. Ko te tikanga he mate HPV tonu tō e hiahia ana ki te aroturuki. Ka tūtohu pea tō tākuta i te arotake i ngā wā maha, i te whakamātautau atu, i tētahi tikanga rānei e kiia ana ko te colposcopy hei titiro tata atu ki tō kaki kōpū.

He maha ngā whakamātautau e whakarato ana i ngā kōrero taipitopito mō ngā momo HPV i kitea. Ko te HPV 16 me te 18 ngā momo e mōhiotia ana he tino mōrearea, ā, ko ētahi atu momo mōrearea pea he iti ake te mōrearea. Mā tō tākuta e whakamāori ēnei hua i roto i te horopaki o tō hauora whānui.

Me pēhea te whakatika i tō taumata Whakamātautau HPV?

Kāore i rite ki ētahi atu whakamātautau rongoā, kāore he "taumata" motuhake hei whakatika mā te whakamātautau HPV, nā te mea he pai, he kino rānei. Heoi anō, ki te pai tō whakamātautau mō te HPV, he mahi whai hua ka taea e koe hei tautoko i te kaha tūturu o tō tinana ki te whakawātea i te mate me te ārai i ngā raruraru.

Ko tō pūnaha ārai mate tō parenga pai rawa atu ki te HPV. Ko te nuinga o ngā tinana o te tangata ka whakawātea i ngā mate HPV i roto i ngā tau e rua, kāore he rongoā. Mā te tautoko i tō pūnaha ārai mate mā ngā whiringa oranga hauora ka āwhina i tēnei tukanga tūturu.

Anei ngā huarahi e pā ana ki ngā taunakitanga e āwhina ana i tō tinana ki te whakahaere i te HPV i te ara whai hua:

• Kia mau ki te kai totika e whai rawa ana i ngā hua, huawhenua, me ngā antioxidants hei tautoko i te mahi ārai mate
• Kia nui te moe (7-9 hāora i ia pō) kia pai ai te mahi o tō pūnaha ārai mate
• Whakangungu tinana i ngā wā katoa, nā te mea ka whakakaha te mahi tinana i te urupare ārai mate
• Whakahaerehia te pēhanga mā ngā tikanga whakangā, nā te mea ka taea e te pēhanga mau tonu te whakaiti i te ārai mate
• Kaua e paowa, me te whakaiti i te waipiro, nā te mea ka raru tō tinana ki te whawhai i ngā mate
• Whakaarohia te kōrero mō te tāpiri waikawa folic ki tō tākuta, nā te mea e kī ana ētahi rangahau ka āwhina pea

Ko te "whakatika" tino nui ko te noho tonu ki ngā whakaritenga whai muri me ngā taunakitanga tātari. Mā te aroturuki i ngā wā katoa ka taea e tō rōpū hauora te hopu i ngā huringa i te wā wawe me te wawaohia ki te tika.

He aha te taumata Whakamātautau HPV pai rawa atu?

Ko te hua whakamātautau HPV "pai rawa" he kino, ko te tikanga kāore he momo HPV mōrearea i kitea i roto i tō tauira. E tohu ana tēnei hua he iti rawa tō tūponotanga ki te whakawhanake i te mate pukupuku o te kaki kōpū i ngā tau e haere ake nei. Ko te whakamātautau HPV kino, ina koa ka honoa ki te whakamātautau Pap noa, e whakarato ana i te whakapumautanga pai mō tō hauora kaki kōpū.

Heoi, he mea nui kia mōhio kāore te whakamātautau HPV e pā ana ki te whakatutuki i te kaute tino pai. Ahakoa he hua pai kāore i te mea me māharahara. Ko te mea nui ko te whai i ngā mōhiohio e hiahia ana koe ki te whakatau i ngā whakataunga mō tō hauora me te aroturuki i te arotake.

He mea nui anō te wā o ngā hua whakamātautau HPV. Ki te iti iho koe i te 30 tau, ā, he pai te whakamātautau, he iti ake te māharahara i te nuinga o te wā nā te mea ka māmā ake te whakakore i ngā mate HPV e ngā pūnaha ārai mate o te hunga taiohi. Mō ngā wāhine neke atu i te 30 tau, he pai te hua ka tika pea te aroturuki tata atu nā te mea ka nui ake te hiranga o ngā mate tonu i te pakeketanga.

He aha ngā āhuatanga tūpono mō te whakamātautau HPV pai?

He maha ngā āhuatanga ka piki ake te tūponotanga ki te whakamātautau HPV pai, engari ko te whai i ēnei āhuatanga tūpono kāore i te mea ka pangia koe. Mā te māramatanga ki ēnei āhuatanga ka āwhina koe ki te whakatau i ngā whakataunga mō tō hauora me te hōtaka arotake.

Ko te mahi tūātea te huarahi tuatahi e horahia ai te HPV mai i te tangata ki te tangata. Ka taea te tuku i te huaketo mā te whakapā kiri-ki-kiri i te wā o ngā momo mahi tūātea katoa, tae atu ki te tūātea tara, te tūātea tōngā, te tūātea waha rānei. Ahakoa te hunga kotahi anake te hoa tūātea ka pangia e te HPV mēnā i pangia tērā hoa i mua.

Ko ēnei ngā āhuatanga matua ka piki ake pea te tūponotanga ki te mate HPV:

• He maha ngā hoa tāne, hoa wahine rānei, he hoa tāne, hoa wahine rānei i te maha o ngā hoa tāne, hoa wahine rānei
• Te tīmatanga o te mahi tūāki i te wā tamariki, i te wā ka nui ake te tūponotanga o te pūkahukahu
• He pūnaha ārai mate ngoikore nā te mate, ngā rongoā, ngā āhuatanga rānei o te hauora
• Te kai paipa, e taea ana te whakaiti i te kaha o tō tinana ki te whawhai i ngā mate HPV
• He mate tūāki atu anō, e taea ana te whakanui i te tūponotanga
• Kāore i te kotinga (mō ngā hoa tāne), e paku whakanui ana i te tūponotanga o te horapa

He mea nui kia mahara he tino noa te HPV – ka pā te nuinga o ngā tāngata e mahi tūāki ana i tētahi wā. Kāore te whai i ngā āhuatanga tūpono e kī ana i mahi koe i tētahi mea he, ā, ko te whakamātautau pai kāore e whakaatu ana i tō āhua, i ō whiringa rānei.

He pai ake te hua whakamātautau HPV teitei, te iti rānei?

Ka pūrongohia ngā hua whakamātautau HPV hei pai, hei kino rānei, kaua hei taumata teitei, iti rānei. He pai ake te hua kino, te tikanga kāore i kitea ngā momo HPV tūpono nui i tō tauira. Ka hoatu tēnei ki a koe me tō tākuta te māia he iti rawa tō tūponotanga ki te mate pukupuku pūkahukahu mō ngā tau e whai ake nei.

Mēnā kei te whakaaro koe mō te utaina viral, te nui rānei o te huaketo e noho ana, ka taea e ētahi whakamātautau hou te whakarato i ngā kōrero mō te whai koe i te utaina viral teitei, iti rānei. I te nuinga, ka tohu pea te utaina viral teitei i te mate e mau tonu ana e hiahia ana kia mātakitaki tata, i te wā e kī ana te utaina viral iti ka angitu tō pūnaha ārai mate ki te whakahaere i te huaketo.

Heoi, ko te mea nui kāore i te nui o te huaketo e noho ana, engari ko te momo HPV kei a koe me te pēhea te urupare a tō tinana ki a ia i te wā. Ka taea e ētahi tāngata me ngā utaina viral iti te whakawhanake i ngā huringa i mua i te mate pukupuku, i te wā e taea ana e ētahi atu me ngā utaina teitei te whakawātea i te mate.

He aha ngā raruraru ka taea o te hua whakamātautau HPV pai?

Ka taea e te hua whakamātautau HPV pai te arahi ki ētahi raruraru pea, ahakoa he mea nui kia mahara ko te nuinga o te hunga e pangia ana e te HPV kāore rawa e raru nui. Ko te āwangawanga nui ko te mate HPV morearea nui e mau tonu ana i ētahi wā ka huri i ngā pūtau o te kōpū, ā, ka puta pea te mate pukupuku ki te kore e aroturukihia.

Ko te mate pukupuku kōpū te raruraru pea tino nui, engari ka puhoi te tipu i roto i ngā tau maha. Koinei te take i whai hua ai te arotake auau – ka kitea ngā raruraru i ngā wā tuatahi ka taea te rongoā. Ko te nuinga o ngā huringa i mua i te mate pukupuku ka taea te rongoā i mua i te noho hei mate pukupuku whakaeke.

Anei ngā raruraru pea e aroturukihia ana e ngā tākuta me ngā hua HPV pai:

• Te dysplasia kōpū (ngā huringa pūtau rereke) e hiahia ana ki te rongoā, ki te aroturukitanga rānei
• Te mate pukupuku kōpū, ahakoa he mea onge tēnei ina kitea mā te arotake auau
• Ngā waro ira mai i ngā momo HPV morearea iti, he mea kore kino engari he raruraru
• Te piki ake o te āwangawanga me te pēhanga mō ngā hua hauora
• Ngā whakaritenga tākuta me ngā tikanga whakamātautau
• Te pānga pea ki ngā whanaungatanga tāngata me ngā kōrero whakamahere whānau

He nui te pānga aronganui o te whakamātautau HPV pai, ā, he mea noa te āwangawanga, te raruraru rānei. Kia mahara he tino noa te pangia e te HPV, ā, ko te nuinga o ngā mate ka ngaro noa iho me te kore e puta he raruraru mo te wā roa.

He aha ngā raruraru ka puta mai i te hua whakamātautau HPV kino?

He uaua te hua whakamātautau HPV kino ki te puta raruraru, engari he ētahi mea nui hei whakaaro. Ko te āwangawanga nui ko te kore he whakamātautau 100% tika, nō reira he iti tonu te tūponotanga o te hua kino teka, kei reira te HPV engari kāore i kitea.

Ka puta ngā hua tōraro teka mēnā kāore i nui ngā pūtau i roto i te tauira, mēnā he mate hou tō, kāore anō kia eke ki ngā taumata ka kitea, mēnā rānei he raruraru hangarau i te whakamātautau. Heoi anō, he mea pāwhara ēnei āhuatanga ki ngā tikanga whakamātautau o nāianei.

Anei ngā take ka puta mai i ngā hua whakamātautau HPV tōraro:

• Te whakaaro tōraro o te haumarutanga ka ārahi pea ki te karo i ngā tūponotanga arotake ā muri ake nei
• Te ngaro i tētahi mate HPV hou ka puta i waenga i ngā wā whakamātautau
• Ngā hua tōraro teka onge ka roa pea te kitea o ngā huringa o te pūkahukahu
• Te whai wāhitanga o te mate ki ngā momo HPV kāore i hipokina e te whakamātautau motuhake i whakamahia

Ko te mea nui hei mahara ko te whakamātautau HPV tōraro kāore i te kī ka taea e koe te karo i ngā arotake ā muri ake nei. He mea nui tonu te whakamātautau auau nā te mea ka taea e koe te whiwhi i ngā mate HPV hou, ā, ka huri pea ngā aratohu i runga i tō tau me ngā āhuatanga tūpono.

Āhea au e kite ai i te tākuta mō te Whakamātautau HPV?

Me kōrero koe i te whakamātautau HPV ki tō tākuta hei wāhanga o tō tiaki gynecological auau, te tikanga ka tīmata i te 21-25 tau te pakeke i runga i ngā aratohu o nāianei. Ko te wā me te auau o te whakamātautau HPV e whakawhirinaki ana ki tō tau, ngā hua whakamātautau o mua, me ngā āhuatanga tūpono takitahi.

Mō te nuinga o ngā wāhine, ka noho te whakamātautau HPV hei wāhanga o te arotake mate pukupuku pūkahukahu auau i waenga i te 25-30 tau, anake rānei, i te taha rānei ki ngā Pap smears. Mēnā he 30 tau neke atu rānei tō pakeke, he maha ngā tākuta e tūtohu ana i te whakamātautau HPV ia 3-5 tau mēnā he tōraro ō hua, ahakoa ka rerekē tēnei i runga i tō āhuatanga motuhake.

Me whakapā atu koe ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora mō te whakamātautau HPV mēnā ka pā tēnei ki a koe:

• I ngā wā o mua i puta ngā hua rerekē i te whakamātautau Pap smear
• He hītori tōu mō te cervical dysplasia, ētahi atu rerekētanga rānei o te kaki kōpū
• He ngoikore tō pūnaha ārai mate i ngā āhuatanga hauora, i ngā rongoā rānei
• Kua pā ki a koe te HPV, he hoa rānei tōu e mōhiotia ana he mate HPV
• Kei te pā ki a koe ngā tohumate rerekē pēnei i te toto rerekē, i te mamae rānei o te pūpū
• Neke atu i te 3-5 tau mai i tō whakamātautau mō te mate pukupuku kaki kōpū

Kaua e tatari mehemea he āwangawanga tōu mō tō hauora whakaputa uri, mehemea rānei kua kite koe i ētahi huringa rerekē i tō tinana. Ko te kitenga wawe me te whakamātau i ngā wā katoa te ara pai ki te ārai i te mate pukupuku kaki kōpū.

Ngā pātai e pātai pinepine ana mō te Whakamātautau HPV

Q.1 He pai te Whakamātautau HPV mō te kite i te mate pukupuku kaki kōpū?

Āe, he pai rawa te whakamātautau HPV mō te kite i te tūponotanga o te mate pukupuku kaki kōpū, he pai ake pea i te Pap smears anake. Ka kitea e te whakamātautau ngā momo HPV e whai pānga ana ki te mate pukupuku, ā, he taputapu kaha mō te whakamātau. Ki te whakamahia me te Pap smears, hei whakakapi rānei, ka taea e te whakamātautau HPV te kite i ngā raruraru i mua atu, me te pono ake.

E whakaatu ana ngā rangahau he nui ake te tairongo o te whakamātautau HPV i te Pap smears ki te kimi i ngā rerekētanga o te kaki kōpū, ko te tikanga ka kitea e ia te nuinga o ngā take e hiahia ana ki te aro. Heoi, he iti ake te motuhake, ko te tikanga ka kitea pea e ia ngā mate ka ngaro noa iho, kāore he raruraru.

Q.2 Ka puta te mate pukupuku kaki kōpū i te hua pai o te whakamātautau HPV?

Kāore te hua pai o te whakamātautau HPV e puta te mate pukupuku kaki kōpū, engari e tohu ana he mate tōu i te momo HPV e whai pānga ana ki te mate pukupuku, ka puta pea te mate pukupuku ki te mau tonu. Kāore te nuinga o ngā whakamātautau HPV pai e puta te mate pukupuku nā te mea ka whakawātea tō pūnaha ārai mate i te mate i roto i ngā tau e rua.

Ko ngā mate urutā e mau tonu ana me ngā momo HPV mōrearea nui, i te taha o ētahi atu āhuatanga, ka taea te ārahi ki ngā huringa pūtau ka huri hei mate pukupuku pūhihi. Ko te tikanga nei e hia tau te roa, koinei te take he tino whai hua te arotake i ngā wā katoa ki te ārai i te mate pukupuku mā te kitenga wawe me te rongoā.

Q.3 E hia te tika o te Whakamātautau HPV?

He tino tika ngā whakamātautau HPV, me ngā reiti tairongo e teitei ana i te 95% mō te kitenga i ngā momo HPV mōrearea nui. Ko te tikanga tēnei ka tika te tautuhi a te whakamātautau i te nuinga o ngā tāngata e mau ana i ēnei mate urutā. He pai hoki te motuhake, te nuinga i te 85-95%, ko te tikanga ko te nuinga o ngā hua kino he tino kino.

Ka puta ngā hua pai teka, inā rā i ngā wahine taitamariki e kaha ana te whawhai a ō rātou pūnaha ārai mate ki ngā mate urutā. He iti noa ngā hua kino teka engari ka puta mai mēnā kāore te tauira i te nui o ngā pūtau, mēnā rānei he mate urutā tata nei kāore anō kia eke ki ngā taumata ka kitea.

Q.4 Ka taea e te Whakamātautau HPV te kite i ngā momo HPV katoa?

Ko te nuinga o ngā whakamātautau HPV e whakamahia ana mō te arotake mate pukupuku pūhihi e arotahi ana ki te kitenga i ngā momo HPV mōrearea nui 12-14 ka taea te pā mai i te mate pukupuku pūhihi. Kāore ēnei whakamātautau e kite i ngā momo HPV mōrearea iti e pā mai ai ngā waro tūpāpaku, nā te mea kāore ēnei e pā ana ki te mōrearea o te mate pukupuku pūhihi.

Ka taea e ētahi whakamātautau motuhake te tautuhi i ngā momo HPV motuhake pēnei i te 16 me te 18, e pā mai ana i te 70% o ngā mate pukupuku pūhihi. He whakamātautau whānui anō hoki ka taea te kite i te whānuitanga o ngā momo HPV, engari e whakamahia ana ēnei mō te rangahau, kaua mō te arotake i ngā wā katoa.

Q.5 Kia hia ngā wā ka whiwhi au i te Whakamātautau HPV?

E whakawhirinaki ana te auau o te whakamātautau HPV ki tō tau me ngā hua o mua. Mō ngā wahine 25-29, he rerekē ngā aratohu engari e taunaki ana te whakamātautau HPV ia 3 tau mēnā he kino ngā hua. Mō ngā wahine 30-65, ko te whakamātautau HPV anake ia 5 tau, i te taha rānei o ngā Pap smears ia 3 tau, te tikanga e taunakitia ana.

Mēnā he pai te hua o tō whakamātautau mō te HPV, ka tūtohu pea tō tākuta kia maha ake ngā whakamātautau – i te nuinga o te wā ia 6-12 marama – hei aroturuki mēnā ka ngaro te mate, ka mau tonu rānei. Mā ō āhuatanga tūpono takitahi, te hītori rongoā, me ngā hua whakamātautau o mua e āwhina i te whakatau i te hōtaka tātari pai rawa atu mōu.