I've recently been diagnosed with genital warts, and after speaking with doctors I discovered that there is a possibility that the virus may have been dormant for that length of time. I honestly suggest getting a second opinion, just for ease of mind :). In terms of tests for your boyfriend, they often cannot be tested without showing symptoms, there is a possibilty that if you do have genital warts (i sincerely hope that you dont!!) that he could be a carrier of the virus without showing any symptoms, and therefore wouldn't show warts or any worrying bumps - they can also be so small that the skin looks relatively normal to the naked eye.
I understand the stress that you are feeling (i was only diagnosed this week!!), however doctors won't be able to check if it is genital warts unless you are showing symptoms, my advice to you is this: stay healthy! Take vitamins, i recommend C and E, exercise, and drink loads of water, don't forget to eat fruit and veg!! Keeping your immune system up will help keep any virus dormant. And if you do have any bumps come up get them checked right away!
Judging from your story, the doctors you consulted don't sound too reliable at all! Especially the advice to keep having sex regardless of pain, i'm no doctor but that advice isn't something to follow, get a second opinion and please don't worry, I was also told that i didn't have a "bad" case of warts and I underwent cryotherapy (I had them frozen).
All in all, if you're worried you must get a second opinion, stress does no favours for your health!!
Stay safe :)
Hi and I'm very sorry about the boyfriend you lost.So sad. It isn't likely that you got it from him since it has been 10 years. or 11, which available mostly in Europe. Firstly, low risk HPV isn't generally medically important because they consider it to be "cosmetic" and they often don't screen. But since you want to know what it is. There are several companies that do test for low risk types that cause genital warts. Now that you had laser, there is only one "lesion" left still? If you were tested only for high risk then you don't know for sure you had low risk. But, yes there are lots of types but generally 5 types account for the majority of most low risk type that cause genital warts.. Also, all tests have their false positives and negatives.The only other problem is if you have low risk HPV you may give it to your boyfriend, but since he is negative you both may want to get the vaccine if they will give it to you both. Because even if you did have the low risk it will protect you against most high risk and it will keep him from getting it too. If he was tested did he get the test for high and low risk? if so you can get tested there if they screen for low risk.. You may have to ask several laboratories or doctors to find out where to get the low risk testing. I know Hollland and Switzerland has these tests. Perhaps he had low risk before and cleared it. Btw, my husband also lost a girlfriend by a drunk driver (she was in her 20's). Very tramatic,.
take care,
mkh9
First of all thanks for your reply,
I was just 18 when i was with my first boyfriend, doctors say thats possible but it doesnt sound very likely to me, thats 10 years ago, they say it has to do with the immune system. Well my first bf passed away when i was 18, which caused me to lose over 8kg in a month, my immune system was at an all time low, shouldnt it have popped up back then if i got it from him?
And yes an additional hpv test was done with the 2nd gyno which came back negative, but that was for the high-risk. He also said there were so many different strains it was impossible to know which one u have..
I read something on the internet that kinda looks like what i had called vestibular pappilomatosis, benign very small lesions, but none of my gyno's ever spoke of that..
Btw i live in europe, maybe those tests arent available here?
Mcferrin where do you get your info? I heard they still havent found a cure for hpv up to this day.. Anyhow, this doesnt really help me right now, just wanna find out if i have it or not :-/..
There is a test for low risk HPV by PCR (DNA test) that can specify if you have low risk vs. high risk HPV and some actually type it. These are not FDA approved but reference labs use this test in the U.S. I(know because my husband created one of these kits and works for a biotech company that sells them) and the clinical labs have to verify that they work by comparing to other tests. You would have to ask your doctor to have your sample sent to one of the labs that performs these tests. But, generally low risk HPV clears on it its own anyway, although not always. If your sex parter/boyfriend never had low risk HPV then maybe they weren't genital warts as one of your doctors said. But perhaps you got the warts from the previous boyfreind or was that a long time ago? The other question is, did they use a test that checks for low and high risk HPV? In any case I am sorry you had all this done to you. I would just see if they clear up on their own.
mkh9
There's a cure for hpv..( the one to get rid of the virus out of your body cure) some team has it at penn state, the fda won't fund, they don't want us to be cured, they making so much money off the vaccine.