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HPV question
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University of Washington
Seattle - WA
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Some of the most common types of questions concern the risk of HIV or STD after a particular sexual exposure, and about symptoms that might or might not be due to HIV. If your question is along these lines, please visit the HIV Prevention and Safe Sex Forum.
HPV question
by aabbcc, Mar 23, 2005 12:00AM
My last sexual partner told me she had cevical cancer two years prior to meeting me. She told me is was hereditary and I thought nothing of it. I moved on from that relationship, currently my current girl friend just found out that she has HPV due to an abnormal pap and also external genetal warts. After doing research I determined that Cervical cancer is not hereditary and I am worried that I passed on HPV to my current girlfriend due to my past relationship. My question is since my last relationship had cervical cancer, does this mean that my current girlfriend has a high risk strain that could possibly lead to cervical cancer. Im very worried? Also can you confirm that cervical cancer is in no way hereditary, because I called my last sexual partner and she got very defensive when I told her it wasnt hereditary. Thanks for all your help
Doctor's Answer
by H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D., Mar 23, 2005 12:00AM
, Mar 23, 2005 12:00AM
Cervical cancer is due to HPV, but still might be partly hereditary; the two possibilities aren't mutually exclusive. Similarly, a smoker may be more likely to get lung cancer if a parent or sibling had cancer. Such familial trends hese don't mean that HPV doesn't cause cervical cancer or that smoking doesn't cause lung cancer, just that a person with a family history is more susceptible.
The chance is very low that you carried HPV for more than 2 years and now will transmit it to your current partner. The vast majority of HPV infections clear up on their own--at least to a level that is transmitted rarely or never--within a few months.
Good luck-- HHH, MD
The chance is very low that you carried HPV for more than 2 years and now will transmit it to your current partner. The vast majority of HPV infections clear up on their own--at least to a level that is transmitted rarely or never--within a few months.
Good luck-- HHH, MD
