How to know HPV is gone?

[pipoz]

Hi
My doctor told me i have HPV , and gave some medications for genital warts i had
Warts are disappearing right now , but still have very few signs
how could i know HPV is gone?

[veryworried420]

Sorry to hear of your plight. We are having a similar debate here about the term clearance. Is it forever?  Is it just temporary?  How does anyone really know unless they are completely celibate and then get symptoms or bad test results?  

[helpme40273]

I had them and treated with cream and i still believe i have the virus after 3 yrs ..mine were precancer and i believe it is affected my body ..I have all kinds of pain in my bones i am afraid the precancer went into my bones !!! I just found out after 3 yrs of worries that my x husbands little 2 yr old had a mark on her bum and it was tested hpv ..Not sure how all the hpv thing work but i think doc need to better research things before they tell us it is gone ..Now u have to wonder how many others i have given it to ..??? Its been a worry for 3 yrs stress will kill me !

[alexdelong]

Most people with wart causing HPV don't have symptoms. So yes, it is possible for you to have the virus but not see warts.

90% of us will clear the virus in under 2 years, never to transmit it or have symptoms again.

But some people will have a reoccurrence.

Most do not.

Because HPV testing is limited, all we can do is make an educated guess.

The longer warts have been been gone, more likely the virus has been cleared.

If the warts have been gone for 6 months or longer, still having the HPV virus is highly improbable.

[pipoz]

thanks , but are you sure about that? can the warts come back but in invisible shape? my original ones were visible and colored

[alexdelong]

After your warts are gone, wait six months. If they haven't come back, your virus has probably cleared.