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STDs (Expert Forum)
GOING CRAZY HPV AND INFIDELITY
Answered by
University of Washington
Seattle - WA
Welcome to the STD Forum, which is intended only for questions and support pertaining to sexually transmitted diseases other than HIV/AIDS, including chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, human papillomavirus, genital warts, trichomonas, other vaginal infections, nongonoccal urethritis (NGU), cervicitis, molluscum contagiosum, chancroid, and pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). All questions will be answered by H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D. or Edward W Hook, MD.
GOING CRAZY HPV AND INFIDELITY
by sucipicous, Mar 25, 2007 12:00AM
I HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 26 YEARS AND WAS A VIRGIN WHEN I MET MY HUSBAND.HE HAD 3 SEXUAL PARTNERS BEFORE WE MET, THAT BEING HE WAS A TEENAGER, AND IS NOW 47 YEARS OLD.
I WAS RECENTLY DX. WITH HPV AND AN ANAL WART. I AM VERY UPSET ABOUT THIS, AND MY QUESTION IS---IS IT MEDICALLY POSSIBLE FOR THAT VIRUS TO HAVE BEEN DORMANT THAT MANY YEARS? HE PROMISES ME ME, THAT HE HAS NOT CHEATED, BUT I'M HAVING PROBLEMS BELIEVING THAT.HOW ELSE WOULD I HAVE GOTTEN THE HPV VIRUS WITH ONE SEX PARTNER.I AM NEW TO THIS FORUM SO I'M SORRY IF THIS HAS BEEN ASKED BEFORE.
THANK YOU
Doctor's Answer
by H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D., Mar 25, 2007 12:00AM
, Mar 25, 2007 12:00AM
Yes, it definitely is possible for HPV to lie dormant all those years--in you or your husband or both--and now pop up with an abnormal pap smear. In couples like you, it is not unreasonable to be concerned about the other possibility, i.e. more recent infidelity on the part of one partner or the other. But it need not happen and you need to judge your husband's fidelity based on what he says and/or other evidence, not on the basis of your HPV infection.
Best wishes-- HHH, MD
Best wishes-- HHH, MD
Member Comments (3)
by sucipicous, Mar 25, 2007 12:00AM
IT STILL PROBABLY DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR ANSWER, BUT MY PAPS HAVE NEVER BEEN ABNORMAL. JUST THIS RECENT DX.
by H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D., Mar 25, 2007 12:00AM
, Mar 25, 2007 12:00AMTo: suspicious
I knew that. You're right, it makes no difference in my opinion or my advice.
