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HPV and herpes confusion
iam a 21 year old male.About 8 months ago a women gave me unprotected oral sex. I also had protected vaginal sex with her. On a different occasion I gave a women unprotected oral sex, she also gave me unprotect oral sex. Iam going into a serious relationship and i dont want to spread anything. Ive read online that it could take years before a genital warts or herpes break out. Ive also read that in men HPV virus goes away in years. If HPV goes away then why do people have there first breakouts years after ther exposure? 8 months later and no breakouts. do my sexual encounters put me at risk for anything? should i be concerned for myself and my girl? does a vaccine provide a cure?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
The doctor who examined and tested you is the one to ask whether you have NGU at this time. Recurrent NGU is very rare this long after an initial infection. I would be concerned about a new infection entirely. If you have not been sexually active, however, that's not possible. In that case, I would suspect a prostate gland problem rather than NGU.
But as I said, you need to address this with your doctor.
That will have to end this thread. I won't have any further comments or advice.
But as I said, you need to address this with your doctor.
That will have to end this thread. I won't have any further comments or advice.
well i came to the conclusion that it was/is NGU. because my doctor did a swab test of my urethra and it came out negative.
I contracted NGU from one of the girls 8 months ago. iam having the same symptoms are before. can this infection recur again without sexual contact? iam currently on clindamycin for an unrelated matter. will this antibotic take it away?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Absence of symptoms makes it less likely a person has genital herpes but does not rule out the possibility. Blood tests are available if you feel a need to know with more certainty.
last question. iam positive that i havent had sores in the past 8 months. those this put in the "clear". Or does this mean my possible first infection may be dormant?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
An initial genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection can be asymptomatic, and then a recurrent outbreak can first be noticed months or years later. Whether or not people have symptoms with the initial infection depends in part on how closely they are paying attention. Symptoms can be mild, and some people just don't realize anything is wrong even though they have sores, itching, etc.
Your friends are correct. HSV-2 is almost never acquired by oral sex, only HSV-1.
If you'll take a few minutes to use this forum's search link, you can find more detailed discussions of these issues. Try entering terms like "herpes symptoms", "genital HSV-2", "genital HSV-1", "herpes and oral sex", and so on.
Your friends are correct. HSV-2 is almost never acquired by oral sex, only HSV-1.
If you'll take a few minutes to use this forum's search link, you can find more detailed discussions of these issues. Try entering terms like "herpes symptoms", "genital HSV-2", "genital HSV-1", "herpes and oral sex", and so on.
someone told me because I received oral sex i was most likely to have acquired herpes type 1 over herpes type 2. is this true? what are the chances I acquired herpes type 2 by receiving oral sex? thanks doc!
does a herpes outbreak take years to develop? is this the case for most people ?or do most people experiance a herpes outbreak weeks after the initail exposure?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Welcome to this forum. This question and the one on the HIV forum a few months ago both suggest you are hyper-concerned about sexually transmitted infections despite no risk.
Oral sex carries little or no risk for HPV. You're going to get genital HPV someday; everybody does, once they start sexual intercourse. But rarely if ever by oral sex. Oral sex is also low risk for herpes -- not as low as for HPV, but still uncommon. To low a risk to worry about.
HPV usually goes away on its own and stays away. But sometimes it recurs months or years later. That's just he way it is -- but it explains first symptoms showing up many years later. It isn't common, but it happens.
One of the two HPV vaccines, Cervarix, protects against the two HPV types that cause two thirds of cervical and other genital and anal cancers; the other protects against those strains plus the two that cause most cases of genital warts. There are about 40 other HPV types, not prevented by either vaccine -- but they are mostly harmless anyway. No vaccine cures infection after it is caught; they prevent infection but don't cure it.
You should not be concerned about your health or that of your girlfriend on the basis of the oral sex exposures you have had.
Please read the following thread, which explains why you should be vaccinated, but otherwise pretty much disregard HPV http://www.medhelp.org/posts/STDs/HPV-Contagious-after-later-showing-negative/show/1547688
You can also use the search link to find many other discussions that go into these issues in even more detail. The bottom line is that getting genital HPV is normal and generally not harmful. Aside fromg getting immunized, you really shouldn't be worried about it.
Regards-- HHH, MD
Oral sex carries little or no risk for HPV. You're going to get genital HPV someday; everybody does, once they start sexual intercourse. But rarely if ever by oral sex. Oral sex is also low risk for herpes -- not as low as for HPV, but still uncommon. To low a risk to worry about.
HPV usually goes away on its own and stays away. But sometimes it recurs months or years later. That's just he way it is -- but it explains first symptoms showing up many years later. It isn't common, but it happens.
One of the two HPV vaccines, Cervarix, protects against the two HPV types that cause two thirds of cervical and other genital and anal cancers; the other protects against those strains plus the two that cause most cases of genital warts. There are about 40 other HPV types, not prevented by either vaccine -- but they are mostly harmless anyway. No vaccine cures infection after it is caught; they prevent infection but don't cure it.
You should not be concerned about your health or that of your girlfriend on the basis of the oral sex exposures you have had.
Please read the following thread, which explains why you should be vaccinated, but otherwise pretty much disregard HPV http://www.medhelp.org/posts/STDs/HPV-Contagious-after-later-showing-negative/show/1547688
You can also use the search link to find many other discussions that go into these issues in even more detail. The bottom line is that getting genital HPV is normal and generally not harmful. Aside fromg getting immunized, you really shouldn't be worried about it.
Regards-- HHH, MD
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Herpes spreads by oral, vaginal and anal sex.
Herpes sores blister, then burst, scab and heal.
STIs are the most common cause of genital sores.
Millions of people are diagnosed with STDs in the U.S. each year.
STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
Syphilis is an STD that is transmitted by oral, genital and anal sex.
