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stressed! questions about hpv. please help!
Hello Doctors
So here is my situation...
I have been negative on all my STD tests, but found out earlier this year that my girlfriend has HPV. She has only had sex with me and that concluded that I have given her HPV. Now recently, we broke up for about a month. During that month, I had protected sex with 2 girls. My girlfriend and I are currently working on our relationship now and we have been having unprotected sex. My question is that since my girlfriend had a positive HPV strain, how likely will she have more positive strains? I know if she finds out that I had sex with 2 girls, it would kill her.. especially since we are working hard to keep our relationship going.
Also, I have read that a person can develop strains of HPV years after exposure. And knowing that, it's impossible to find out when a person could have gotten HPV. Is that true? Is it possible for me to have multiple strains and give them to my girlfriend, but have the strains develop over time instead of all at once?
Basically, I want to know if I should worry about her doctor telling her after her next pap smear that she has new strains and that would get my girlfriend thinking that I had sex with other girls.
Please provide any/all info possible.
Thank you
So here is my situation...
I have been negative on all my STD tests, but found out earlier this year that my girlfriend has HPV. She has only had sex with me and that concluded that I have given her HPV. Now recently, we broke up for about a month. During that month, I had protected sex with 2 girls. My girlfriend and I are currently working on our relationship now and we have been having unprotected sex. My question is that since my girlfriend had a positive HPV strain, how likely will she have more positive strains? I know if she finds out that I had sex with 2 girls, it would kill her.. especially since we are working hard to keep our relationship going.
Also, I have read that a person can develop strains of HPV years after exposure. And knowing that, it's impossible to find out when a person could have gotten HPV. Is that true? Is it possible for me to have multiple strains and give them to my girlfriend, but have the strains develop over time instead of all at once?
Basically, I want to know if I should worry about her doctor telling her after her next pap smear that she has new strains and that would get my girlfriend thinking that I had sex with other girls.
Please provide any/all info possible.
Thank you
Best Answer
Thank you for the info!
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If your GF was a complete virgin (no oral sex, no masterbation by a man), then yes it is 99% certain that you gave it to her. Most people have multiple strains. They don't develop randomly. They just show up at different times in different body parts. A man can get a wart on his thigh biopsied with one strain one year and then can get another wart on his penis years later with a different strain, even if he never had sex in between. Women can get pap tested but HPV hides in all genital skin. This includes thighs, buttocks, vagina, pubic area, etc. So unless people get biosied in every genital skin area, no one really knows how many strains they have.
It is true that no one can point to any sex act in any year with any person as the moment that they were infected. However, symptoms (warts) usually appear 2-6 months post exposure and the majority of symptoms are from recent infections. Some unlucky people can get diagnosed with it years/decades later for the first time or again for their second time. No one can tell if it is a recent infection unless the strains match. But this does not mean there are not other strains in other genital areas.