A 25-year-old single female comes to the gynecologist's office for a follow-up visit related to her abnormal Papanicolaou (Pap) smear.The test revealed that the patient has human papillomavirus (HPV) .The patient asks,"What is that? Can you get rid of it?" What is the nurse`s best response?
A) "It's just a little lump on your cervix. We can freeze it off."
B) "HPV stands for 'human papillomavirus.' It is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) that may lead to cervical cancer."
C) "HPV is a type of early human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) . This disease is usually fatal."
D) "You probably caught this from your current boyfriend. He should get tested for this."
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