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Default How much should my b/f worry about me having HPV? - 05-07-2010, 10:36 PM

I contracted HPV in 2006 and had an outbreak of Genital Warts shortly thereafter. I had surgery a few months later to remove the warts and had one outbreak a month later that medicine hep led remove. I have had no outbreaks of warts since. It was a low-risk strain that I contracted and while I have had no recent outbreaks of anything and the last 4 men I slept with without condoms were/are fine...I understand that I will carry the virus with me for the rest of my life. I told my current b/f about my HPV, before he became my b/f. He freaked out, worrying that he would get Genital Warts. I assured him that he would be fine and even told him of a negative STD test that I had in Dec from my general practitioner (Dr). He wants hard evidence that I have nothing so I have agreed to go to my OBGYN and have another STD test done.

Does my b/f really need to freak out and what are some things that he needs to know about HPV?
   
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Default 05-11-2010, 10:36 PM

First of all,you need to research HPV. If you had done so upon diagnosis as you should have, you would know that years can go by without HPV showing any sign. These 4 men you have had unprotected sex with could have an outbreak of warts down the line. Your boyfriend has every reason to be concerned.
   
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Default 05-13-2010, 10:36 PM

He is concern that the HPV will also get to him since he is clean.

Can the disease be spread Thur drinking from a shared bottle of water, glass or cup or only Thur sex and not Thur others such as kissing, licking.

If he marry you, will the children get it and become a carrier of the disease.

Will this disease continue to happen to the next subsequent future generations?

Will his side of the family get the disease too?

Having this disease will anyone be disadvantage such that they have physical crippling effects or no longer able to have children.
   
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Default 05-14-2010, 10:36 PM

I learned in class that HOV is a a link in the formation of cancers within the body. Yeah I would think he would want to know that considering its his life also.
   
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Default 05-16-2010, 10:36 PM

Sorry to hear about your infection.

In the dormant stage there is a very low risk but there is still risk involved and he will need to protect himself.

Someone said something about cancer. The Warts causing HPV is very different than the Cervical Cancer.

Keep your head up a cure has been found.
   
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Default 05-19-2010, 10:36 PM

There is research indicating that even low risk (wart causing) HPV strains can cause cancer by turning off the DNA that protects the skin from cancer due to exposure to Lura-violet rays, so high risk (cancer causing) HPV strains aren't the only ones that are carcinogenic. Actually, all HPV strains should be labeled high risk (cancer causing) if the research linking low risk HPV to skin cancer is accurate. It might be worthwhile for you to avoid sun exposure.

By the way,how do you know that your new boyfriend is HPV-free? He could be carrying high risk HPV and you will never know it since he would have no symptoms and there is no HPV screening for men, or he could be carrying low risk HPV with no visible warts. You should insist he at least be checked at a urologist for low risk HPV before you end up with more HPV strains you don't already have, and you both should consider vaccination, you to avoid low and high strains you don't already have, and he to avoid low risk strains (the vaccine won't protect men against high risk strains).
   
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Default 05-22-2010, 10:36 PM

Condoms do not prevent the transmission of the virus. They do provide about 70% protection. Most visible external lesions are of low risk HPV types however some people with low risk HPV types also carry a co-infection with other HPV types. Specific HPV test is not usually done. We do not know the HPV type or types we carry.

HPV screening is not included in any STD testing.

You cannot guarantee that a new sex partner will never share your HPV infection. The virus does go into a low viral in time where it is less or may not be contagious?but the virus can go from a latent state to an expressed state. This usually occurs if your immune system weakens for some reason.

The last 4 men you sex with did not show the visible signs of the virus?but they could have acquired the virus. Most men and women with HPV never show any signs of genital warts or abnormal cell changes of the cervix. Any of these partners could have shared other HPV types with you. There is no HPV test for the male.

The only approved HPV test is a screening of the cervix. There is no HPV test for an allover status of the virus.

A Pap test looks for abnormal cell changes of the cervix only. An HPV test is done if the sampling of the cervix sees abnormal cell changes. Sometimes an HPV test is not done on the gal under 30 due to how common the virus is. You can carry HPV and never show abnormal cell changes or it can take years before abnormal cell changes develop. You can have a negative Pap and carry the virus. You should begin Pap screening at age 21.

The two HPV vaccines prevent HPV types before exposure the vaccines can?t treat or prevent HPV types you already have.

At this time there is no cure for the virus. Treatments remove the signs of the virus such as a wart or the abnormal cell changes the virus often causes.

If your current boyfriend has engaged in sex with anyone he has probably already acquired an HPV type. It is currently impossible to tell if anyone is completely HPV free.

It is good that you explained your past history with your current boyfriend?many men and women do freak out when they are told that a potential sex partners carries the virus?this is usually because they do not understand the virus and how contagious and prevalent it is.

The most common time interval from exposure to HPV to development of genital warts is 4 weeks to 8 months. However, HPV can remain latent in some people for years or decades before developing warts or cervical disease, so it is usually not possible to determine exactly when, or from whom, an individual contracted the virus.
The inability to be 100% sure that an individual with a history of an HPV infection is no longer contagious should encourage honesty whenever a new relationship begins. This should be balanced with the fact that most people are exposed to this virus during their life, and that, for most, this virus does not usually cause great harm.
http://www.asccp.org/hpv_history.shtml
How do Men get HPV?
HPV is passed on through genital contact?most often during vaginal and anal sex. HPV may also be passed on during oral sex. Since HPV usually causes no symptoms, most men and women can get HPV?and pass it on?without realizing it. People can have HPV even if years have passed since they had sex. Even men with only one lifetime sex partner can get HPV.
Is there a test for HPV in men?
Currently, there is no test to find HPV in men. The only approved HPV tests on the market are not useful for screening for HPV-related cancers or genital warts in men.
http://www.cdc.gov/std/hpv/stdfact-hpv-and-men.htm

Treating genital warts will not necessarily lower your risk of passing HPV to a sex partner. You can still pass the virus on to sex partners, even after the warts are treated. It is not known how long a person remains contagious after warts are treated.

http://www.cdc.gov/std/hpv/common-clinicians/InsertGW.pdf
   
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