HPV

[vukiet3112]

Hi I kissed a girl but not deep french kissing just a lip and little bit tongue . Can i get a HPV or Genital warts on tongue through kissing and I’ve been got a full 3 does of HPV vaccine (Gardasil 9) already. Can u help me by answer my question . Because i have  bump in the back of my tongue its look like tongue genital warts

[vukiet3112]

But i read in the internet that HPV or warts can infection by kissing, and HPV have many type that vaccine can’t protect. So my case is risky to get hpv through kissing?

[auntiejessi]

I don't know what you read on the internet, or where you read it, but if HPV were that easy to transmit, we'd all have oral warts, right? We don't.

I understand that HPV is scary. It's just also incredibly common, and virtually inevitable that if you're sexually active, you'll get it at some point. It's estimated that 90% of sexually active people will get it at least once in their lifetimes.

Unless you choose to be absolutely sexually abstinent, it's almost a certainty. I don't mean to scare you, but consider that most of us will get it, and it will clear from our bodies within 2 years. Most won't even know they have it.

It's not something you should spend any time living in fear of. Oral cancers are rare, as are penile cancers, and cervical cancers can be caught very early - often before they even develop - with regular Pap testing.

[vukiet3112]

Yeah i know but the bump on my stay on back at my tongue for 3 week so im scare about tongue cancer or warts on tongue cause by HPV when i'm kissed. I go to my family doctor and check my tongue but they said just gargle with salt water and i do for 4 days but the bump still stay so I'm verry fear about it.

[auntiejessi]

Did they say what the bump is?

They clearly didn't think it was a wart, because a wart wouldn't go away with salt water.

Tongue cancer is incredibly rare, and it isn't caused by the strains of HPV that cause warts. HPV-related cancers most often don't produce symptoms.

It takes years for tongue cancer to develop.

Smoking and heavy alcohol use are large contributors to tongue cancer.

You didn't even have a deep kiss. This anxiety is over nothing. You should talk to someone about it, like your doctor or a counselor.

[vukiet3112]

The doctor just look at it and tell me gargle with salt water for 1 week if they still on it , I can come back and let them see what’s going on . I never smoking or drink alcohol. because a wart wouldn't go away with salt water so I worry about tongue wart ( I’m use the salt water 4 days but the warts still on it )

[vukiet3112]

Because the bump stay in my back tongue for a 3 weeks and i used salt water for 4 days but it not better, it make me feel stressful, i worry between tongue warts and oral cancer even thought I got 3 dose of HPV vaccine already and never smoking or use, drink alcohol

[auntiejessi]

It's not a wart. You can keep calling it that, but it doesn't make it one.

I don't know what it is, but call your doctor and see what they diagnosed you with.

[vukiet3112]

I fear about oral cancer. I just went to the doctor check on Monday and she said use salt water for 1 week and come back so I’ll see her on Monday next week to see what’s going with my tongue . I’m so stressful about it for 2 weeks but thanks you for give me some advice and knowledge.

[auntiejessi]

You're welcome.

You don't need to worry about oral cancer. You don't drink, you don't smoke, you've had the HPV vaccine. Oral cancers are rare.

The chance that you'd ever get oral cancer is very, very, very low. Please consider talking to your doctor about your fears and anxiety, and to a counselor. Continue working with your doctor about the bump, and be sure to ask her what the diagnosis is so you aren't wondering continually if it's a wart.

Best of luck.

[vukiet3112]

Yeah because i fully get vaccine and never smoke or drink and never do sex without protection so i hopefully it's not a malignancy

[Kirstie_MHModerator]

Since this is an STD forum, and whatever is causing your bumps is not related to an STD, we're going to close this thread and ask that you work with your doctor to find the non-HPV related cause of your bump.

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