Dr Amir Khan

Yes.

So young people who are 12 to 13, boys and girls, to protect them against the human papillomavirus.

Essentially, it trains their immune system to find it, track it down, kill it, get rid of it.

But it's not just them.

So men who have sex with men, trans people can have it up to the age of 45.

If you've missed it at school and you don't fall into that men who have sex with men category and whatnot, you can have it as a catch up up to the age of 25.

The key thing is the reason why we give it to such young people is that we want to train their immune system before they're exposed to the virus through sex or whatever.

So giving it to that age group is really useful because when they are exposed to it, their immune system is ready to take it down.

In most cases, yes.

There are lots of different strains of HPV, but the ones that can cause cervical cancer and anal cancer and vulval cancer and vaginal cancer, because it's linked to all of those cancers, are sexually transmitted.

So it's usually from contact with someone who already has it.

Has it?

No.

This is usually asymptomatic, which is why it's so important to get the cervical screening.

It might cause warts and that kind of thing, but it's not that common.

But that's why it's a silent thing and screening for it is key.

Please.

Can I ask you a question, Cherry?

Yes.

Because I have done cervical screening on women, but what does it feel like to you as a woman?