worried please help me!!!

a couple of years ago i had genital warts and didn't think of it then as a big deal, but now i have heard more about it i am starting to get concerned! my warts were treated with a cream, and have had the all clear from the doctor, i have had a baby since i was diagnosed with genital warts and he is now 1 years old, i have no symptoms of genital warts now but am worried about my health in the long term. will the warts that i had cause me to have cervical cancer? and also would my doctor have told me if my warts were to be a high risk of cancer in the future? i need answers to put my mind at rest! i am only 19 years of age, and had the warts when i was 16 - 17 years of age?

[vandykd3]

No need to worry.  Your warts are gone.  Your body fights them off within six months to two years and you are well outside that time frame. Also, sometimes when pregnant then changes in your body can allow them to resurge but this did not happen with you..  I would not worry any more about the warts you had but be on guard for new infections of a different strain.  There are multiple strains and you can be exposed to new ones if you don't practice safe sex and know the recent (past six months or so) history of new partners.  

[iGrief]

I agree with Vandykd3. If it's gone for over a year, it means you're warts-free. Congratulations!

[ane1611]

thankyou both for your comments, i feel alot better now!

[ane1611]

i also thought i would add that i do suffer from anxiety and obsess over things like this, and am on anti-depressents because of it and have been referred to a counsellor by my doctor! does this mean that i am worrying about it too much? and is it in m head most of the time. i have read one of your posts about somebody who has anxiety and you put back that fear can take over, is this the same situation for me? i worry about every slight little ache, pain and bump on my body and it keeps me awake at night alot of the time! i have been like it ever since my baby was born over a year ago, has the pregnancy and birth caused it and the huge change it has made in my life? i need answers, i feel like i am going crazy!!!!!

[vandykd3]

yes, it's the anxiety.  You are young and may not know enough people or facts about anxiety or have had the time to thoughtfully compare the myriad of ways the human mind operates.  I have General Anxiety Disorder and OCD myself and it blows big time.  I can recognize it in others but it's pretty easy so it's not like it is special skill I have. You should recognize that when you worry about every slight little ache, pain and bump on your body that it is simply in your head and this is what you do and it's not true.  It's hard to fight the brain but the truth is the truth.  You are creating symptoms.  Talk to your counselor about it and you'll see.  Good luck.  Fight the worry.

[ane1611]

so do i not need to worry about having cervical cancer? will the warts i had not cause it? thankyou for answering my questions, nobody takes me seriously when i talk about this to them!

[vandykd3]

No you don't need to worry about cervical cancer, but yes, you do need to be on guard by being informed about HPV.  Warts is low-risk HPV and cervical cancer is caused by high-risk.  Get to know the difference.  Know that dudes you sleep with don't have symptoms for high-risk so unprotected sex with dudes you don't know their recent history (last six months to two years) can infect you in the future and not even know they have it.  I claimed I was clean from STDs for years before I got warts and I probably did have high risk and I probably did pass it on to someone.  

There is no need to worry though.  That causes a reduced quality of life.  Nobody takes you seriously because, A) they don't really know much about it themselves and B) you are worrying a lot so to them it's noticeably out of proportion to the risk.  

I seriously recommend you scroll down this forum a page or two until you find posts by Hollyv.  Click on her name and go check out her posts that she writes to young women such as yourself.  She is awesome and highly informed and you will do well to read a lot of her posts until you get it.  Do that for me, then chill.