Girlfriend has warts i dont

[concerned86]

My girlfriend who i have been with for a year now has had her first case of genital warts. I have never had visible warts on my genitals and prior to this neither has she. She has had them treated (frozen off). My question is i intend on staying with my girlfriend as i have read on this site that trying to avoid HPV is futile but i am worried about getting visible warts now since hers were visible. My question is if you have sex (unprotected) with someone who has visible warts does that mean you will get visible warts or can someone with invisible warts cause visible warts in others?

Thank you

Matt

[alexdelong]

Not everybody with the strain of HPV that causes warts will notice symptoms. Sometimes the warts are small or in hard to notice locations, sometimes warts never develop. Infected skin, with or without warts can transmit the virus. Eventually your body's immune system will clear the virus.

You may develop warts, you might not. You have probably contracted the virus, but it may already been cleared. My advice is to check for symptoms, and have the warts treated if needed. Next time you see your doctor, you should tell he or she about the exposure, and the doctor might wish to do a more thourough examination. In the absence of warts, no treatment is needed. If warts don't develop in the next few months, there is a good chance that you will never have warts, but it is possible that they can show up at a later date. Hope this helps.