Have some questions about HPV. Please help

[usmcgirl]

Last year I had a break out of only two GW. They did not spread or get bigger for a few months. I became pregnant and although I had a few more, they were small and only stayed on one side of my inner labia majora. I am stressed out about having this virus. In my last month of pregnancy they went away after getting them frozen off. They seemed to only reappear in the same spots. I went to one dr that informed me that I can make it go dormant by keeping a healthy immune system and lifestyle. I have a few questions: since I already have this strain of hpv, can I still get the vaccine that will protect me from the cancer-causing strains?
Can I get an HPV Pap test to see if there is HPV present in my cervix?
How long does it take for GW to show? I ask this because my husband and I went through a very rough patch which caused me to be extremely stressed and anxious. We split for a while in which I had sex once with a friend. Two weeks after that my husband and I got back together and we had sex. A week after that I had the one wart appear. My husband has had a wart on his hand for a while now and I read that a study shows that a wart on hands can be transmitted to genitals. Could this be possible?

[veryworried420]

Yes 3 weeks is too early but thats for the majority of people. Usually its 2-6 months post infection. And yes a hand wart is a form of HPV and can spread the virus but its rare. I don't think anyone can play detective with this virus. There is no one size fits all answer. Sorry.

[usmcgirl]

Just to be more specific, my husband and I split in late may. I did not have sex with anyone until the beginning of July ( with the friend). Mid July is when my husband and I got back together. I keep reading it takes warts about 2 to 3 months or years to appear. So would three weeks be too early for it to appear?