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high risk cerical cancer
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University of Washington
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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.
high risk cerical cancer
by munchkim, May 15, 2005 12:00AM
My son's 16 yr. old girlfriend just recently told us she has HPV. My son is 19 yrs. old. She has had Cervical Cancer and had it removed some time within the past year. She had an abnormal pap recently and had a biopsy done, she is still waiting the results. She said she has no visable warts. I have read that when the cancer is removed she still carries the virus, does my son need to be concerened of getting HPV? Or is this form not any worry for the male? Is it something he will have to let his future girlfriends know he was exposed to this and does that mean they could develope Cervical Cancer too? Is he jeoperdizing hia future as far as having children of his own in the future if they break up? I find i hard to believe at the ages they are that they will be together forever? Not that she's not asuper nice girl but they are young. Will my son's children in the future get HVP too being he was with her with cervical cancer from HPV? He is nieve and I am tring to get any information I can to get him to understand this may reflect his life for enternity if I am right. I hope you can explain things better to me. Thank you for your time, Lori
Doctor's Answer
by H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D., May 15, 2005 12:00AM
, May 15, 2005 12:00AM
I would like to answer all your questions, but you are asking for a textbook's worth of information. Please do some reading about HPV. Start with the HPV/warts article in the link "STD Quick Facts and Information" at the home page of this forum, and also the American Social Health Association (www.ashastd.org) and CDC (www.cdc.gov/std).
The bottom line is that we all get genital HPV, including your son; he is at virtually no health risk and little likelihood of endangering the health of his future sex partners. Getting HPV, including infection with the high-risk (cancer-causing) types is a normal event--not desirable but normal. (Unless your own sexual lifestyle has been highly atypical, the odds are your have been infected yourself>)
Sorry I can't take the time to provide more information. But please come back if you still have questions after doing some research. In the meantime, don't lose a lot of sleep over this.
Good luck to you and your son-- HHH, MD
The bottom line is that we all get genital HPV, including your son; he is at virtually no health risk and little likelihood of endangering the health of his future sex partners. Getting HPV, including infection with the high-risk (cancer-causing) types is a normal event--not desirable but normal. (Unless your own sexual lifestyle has been highly atypical, the odds are your have been infected yourself>)
Sorry I can't take the time to provide more information. But please come back if you still have questions after doing some research. In the meantime, don't lose a lot of sleep over this.
Good luck to you and your son-- HHH, MD
