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I Have Serious HPV Phobia / Obsession
Hello I'm a male. 1 year ago i learnt about hpv causing cervical cancer in woman and since than i have serious hpv phobia, about infecting future partners. I had some legions in my genital area and went to doctor, she said these were not hpv caused lesions, afterwards i found another lesion and went to doctor she said it is mostly a skin tag but could be hpv. From then on i started to check my genital area and even my mouth with fear of harming another people. I had some lesions in my mouth showed to 3 different dentist 1 dermatlogist and they all said it had nothing to do but hpv. Recently i went back to my dermatologist and show the lesion on my genital area, which she said might be due to hpv last year. She said after a year, this is deffinatily not hpv.
But i can't get any relaxation even these words, permanantly i'm looking at my mouth and genitals in order to see if i have a new lesion. i researched all about hpv and have full knowladge about it. I know it's not a big deal even a woman have high risk hpv beacuse it can be controlled my pap-smears, even before it turns to cancer. I know nearly 10 out of 7 people who has sexual life will meet hpv in one point on their lifes.
But i cant control my self. Last day a saw a little bump on my genital and i'm %100 sure its a mole, it doesn't looks like a wart. But the problem starts here, if i go to doctor and she says its a mole, i'm sure that i will find another normal lesion and start to fear that its a wart and i have potantial to harm my girlfriend. I don't know what to do i always think about this issue, i know i need some pyshcological help, but im afraid i will be like this till end of my life.
But i can't get any relaxation even these words, permanantly i'm looking at my mouth and genitals in order to see if i have a new lesion. i researched all about hpv and have full knowladge about it. I know it's not a big deal even a woman have high risk hpv beacuse it can be controlled my pap-smears, even before it turns to cancer. I know nearly 10 out of 7 people who has sexual life will meet hpv in one point on their lifes.
But i cant control my self. Last day a saw a little bump on my genital and i'm %100 sure its a mole, it doesn't looks like a wart. But the problem starts here, if i go to doctor and she says its a mole, i'm sure that i will find another normal lesion and start to fear that its a wart and i have potantial to harm my girlfriend. I don't know what to do i always think about this issue, i know i need some pyshcological help, but im afraid i will be like this till end of my life.
Hi there. You are correct in that you should seek out the help of a psychologist. You have some sort of health-related anxiety. I don't know if it is OCD or not but they should be able to diagnose you. You obviously have done your research on HPV. Have you or your girlfriend gotten the vaccine?
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