TokyoJoeblow
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What is your source for this? It doesn't chime with what I've read. What I have read suggests to me that HPV 16 infection, in particular, increases your risk of penile / anal cancer. I had assumed that the latter was in the event that someone received anal sex from an infected partner. My experience with warts (ordinary warts on fingers etc.) is that the infection stays pretty local. I don't know if that applies to HPV 16.
I have considered getting vaccinated for HPV, mostly to reduce the chance of genital warts.
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hpv-infection/expert-answers/hpv/faq-20057761
With regard to penile and anal cancer - I guess both can metastasize to other organs and end up being "full-blown" but keep an eye on your Johnson and you may notice some symptoms before that:
http://oncolex.org/Anal-cancer/Background/MetastaticPattern.aspx
http://oncolex.org/penile-cancer/background/metastaticpatterns
From the point of view of sudden metastasis, I think a skin carcinoma is one of the scariest - I had a friend die of a secondary brain tumor within weeks of discovering the primary skin cancer.:
Sorry, what I meant was you don't feel symptoms directly related to the HPV infection: no discharge, no itchy genitals, no burning when you urinate. You will definitely have symptoms for any cancers that the HPV creates down the road. I apologize if I wasn't clear enough.
I am also sorry to hear about your friend.