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I am 45 and have had 6 partners in my entire life. Three are long term (7 years, 18 years & 2 years) & I have always been monogamous. I was recently diagnosed with HPV genital warts!! i am beyond mortified. I have had 4 cryo treatments that seem to be working, but I just discovered what appears to be a new outbreak! HELP. My partner is graet, but we have not had sex for the last 2 weeks because i am afraid to cause him an outbreak.
I know stress is bad, but i AM STRESSED! I do not smoke, I eat healthy, I am extremely fit cyclist, runner, strenghth training an avearge of 5-6 days a week.
What can I do? Is there anything more agressive I can do for traetment? I ordered Wortrol & am haviong another cryo treatment, plus a colposcopy, but i am very paranoid. Every new bump on my skin (vaginal or otherwise) freaks me out!
Help!
I know stress is bad, but i AM STRESSED! I do not smoke, I eat healthy, I am extremely fit cyclist, runner, strenghth training an avearge of 5-6 days a week.
What can I do? Is there anything more agressive I can do for traetment? I ordered Wortrol & am haviong another cryo treatment, plus a colposcopy, but i am very paranoid. Every new bump on my skin (vaginal or otherwise) freaks me out!
Help!
Four treatments for one outbreak or four outbreaks with treatment? And now the new outbreak of course. So that makes five or two outbreaks. How long ago were you diagnosed, or did you notice your first wart?
The only added thing you can do for your immune system is drink tons of water. It helps. The destress thing will come with time as you grow less and less freaked out by this. I'm really healthy too and mine lasted a year with five outbreaks. The more you learn about warts and realize they are just a temporary skin condition that happens to be on your vagina, the less you worry or fear it. It blows, yes, but it's not the end of the world, nor even life-changing.
You may have already infected your partner. You could continue to have sex during this if you want making sure you change things up a bit to make you both mentally sound about it. I found that one person keeping underwear on for a while during foreplay really helped. Also, don't rub genitals on each other, self masturbate mutually with each other is a great way to get intimate without worrying about transfer. Put a condom on and have fun. It's doable and need not be shunned if you both agree before hand on a few rules. Then you can be passionate within that framework and it's pretty awesome. You'll be fine and the paranoia will fade.
The only added thing you can do for your immune system is drink tons of water. It helps. The destress thing will come with time as you grow less and less freaked out by this. I'm really healthy too and mine lasted a year with five outbreaks. The more you learn about warts and realize they are just a temporary skin condition that happens to be on your vagina, the less you worry or fear it. It blows, yes, but it's not the end of the world, nor even life-changing.
You may have already infected your partner. You could continue to have sex during this if you want making sure you change things up a bit to make you both mentally sound about it. I found that one person keeping underwear on for a while during foreplay really helped. Also, don't rub genitals on each other, self masturbate mutually with each other is a great way to get intimate without worrying about transfer. Put a condom on and have fun. It's doable and need not be shunned if you both agree before hand on a few rules. Then you can be passionate within that framework and it's pretty awesome. You'll be fine and the paranoia will fade.
I have been reluctant to try any of the home remedies you can find online(not comfortable applying things not suggested by a doctor to an already sensitive area) or supplement type remedies, (because there effectiveness hasn't been proven and I unfortunately can't afford to keep buying til I find one that works) so I can not speak for those types of treatment. What I can tell you is that I have been getting Trichloric Acid treatments and they work very well. I have had 4 new warts appear since I was diagnosed and they were all gone after one treatment, however they were small- since I found them early. The only wart I still have is the original wart that sent me to the doctor in the first place,which was about 1/3-1/2 the size of a pencil eraser when treatment started. I have had 4 treatments on this wart it is maybe the size of a pencil tip now. I have another treatment on Thursday and I am hoping that will do it. I don't know how long ago you were diagnosed or anything but as I understand it, you may continue to see new warts for awhile(several months) until your body gets the virus under control...something to look forward to right,ugh!!! There are no hard and fast rules to HPV(every case is different), and no "quick fix" that I know of , so the best you can do is get the treatments suggested by your doctor, maintain a healthy lifestyle and wait it out. It's so frustrating but my bf has been great, that I am really thankful for!
I can completely relate to your first paragraph...I am 36 and have had 5 sex partners, 3 of them I was very young(under17yrs. old) and 2 of the 3 were 1 time encounters. I married at 18 and was married until 2 yrs. ago, and I have been with my current partner for just over 1 1/2 yrs. When I bothered to think of this kind of thing at all, I guess I thought that this kind of thing happened mostly to people that "sleep around" whatever that even means...shame on me!! Neither my current partner or ex-husband has ever showed any signs of warts, but I find it highly unlikely that I got this from any of my earlier encounters. Doesn't really matter at this point though.
I can completely relate to your first paragraph...I am 36 and have had 5 sex partners, 3 of them I was very young(under17yrs. old) and 2 of the 3 were 1 time encounters. I married at 18 and was married until 2 yrs. ago, and I have been with my current partner for just over 1 1/2 yrs. When I bothered to think of this kind of thing at all, I guess I thought that this kind of thing happened mostly to people that "sleep around" whatever that even means...shame on me!! Neither my current partner or ex-husband has ever showed any signs of warts, but I find it highly unlikely that I got this from any of my earlier encounters. Doesn't really matter at this point though.
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