One thing you need to know is that HPV is really more than 120 different kinds of viruses that cause warts. The one that you are interested in large sexually transmitted ones. Sometimes it clears all by itself. Usually within 2 years about 90% are cleared. However, it may not be entirely eliminated.
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There are several different strains of the Human Papilloma Virus. Many of the women who are infected with the HPV virus will clear their bodies within 2 years, but sometimes it is a lifelong infection.
There isn't a treatment for HPV, yet. A healthy immune system always helps, though. Often people clear HPV infection on their own within months or years.
Sometimes HPV goes away on its own after a short time. Sometimes it stays and causes cancer.
A male can have HPV for decades without having symptoms, but it appears that men often clear the virus within a year.
HPV in males last as long as it does in females. It may be as long as 2 years or more.