Aa
HPV
Dear Doctor,
I wanted to ask a couple of questions about HPV.
1. Can you infecte you eye by touching your genital area and then touching your eye lid? My girlfriend was touching that area and then touched my eye lid by mistake.
2. I have gone to see a couple of doctors but very few have any knowledge on HPV. Do you know of anyone in the west palm beach, fl area who I can be referred to?
3. What are the pissibilities of getting anal cancer or HPV if you dont have anal sex especially since you penis is in your underwear is it possible that you can infect yourself that way?
4. For the past couple of weeks, I have feel a rash in my anus but i dont see any pimples are bumps. I usually spread my butt when I go to the bathroom so that it is easer to wipe, since nothing sticks.
5. I am really concerned with getting hpv on my eye or eye lid form my genital hpv. I see a small littel black speck one of my eye pimple, which is leading me to believe it is a tiny hpv growth. I dont recall seeing that tiny dark spec before and it exibits similar traits as hpv. I know that the eye lid has little pimples and they are usually invisibal and tint. this spec is tine but you can barely see it.
6. I work out and I've been tring to eat as much organic foods as possible. What are options? does it mean with 5 to 10 years i may die???
This is bothering me since my mom passes of colon cancer. I had a check done and i was fine, but I at the time, i had already hd the virus for over a year.
I have a partner now and she has already had all three garasil shoots. Can i still giver her the infection orally or any other way?
7. I heard they are working on a theraputic vaccine or something for the infected. Do you think this is a possibility. Also, are there any natural ways to maintain the out break?
thank you
I wanted to ask a couple of questions about HPV.
1. Can you infecte you eye by touching your genital area and then touching your eye lid? My girlfriend was touching that area and then touched my eye lid by mistake.
2. I have gone to see a couple of doctors but very few have any knowledge on HPV. Do you know of anyone in the west palm beach, fl area who I can be referred to?
3. What are the pissibilities of getting anal cancer or HPV if you dont have anal sex especially since you penis is in your underwear is it possible that you can infect yourself that way?
4. For the past couple of weeks, I have feel a rash in my anus but i dont see any pimples are bumps. I usually spread my butt when I go to the bathroom so that it is easer to wipe, since nothing sticks.
5. I am really concerned with getting hpv on my eye or eye lid form my genital hpv. I see a small littel black speck one of my eye pimple, which is leading me to believe it is a tiny hpv growth. I dont recall seeing that tiny dark spec before and it exibits similar traits as hpv. I know that the eye lid has little pimples and they are usually invisibal and tint. this spec is tine but you can barely see it.
6. I work out and I've been tring to eat as much organic foods as possible. What are options? does it mean with 5 to 10 years i may die???
This is bothering me since my mom passes of colon cancer. I had a check done and i was fine, but I at the time, i had already hd the virus for over a year.
I have a partner now and she has already had all three garasil shoots. Can i still giver her the infection orally or any other way?
7. I heard they are working on a theraputic vaccine or something for the infected. Do you think this is a possibility. Also, are there any natural ways to maintain the out break?
thank you
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
The topic of HPV and genital warts is a complex one and the questions you are asking do not all have good answers. I will try to provide some facts. For addition information on this most common of STDs, I would suggest search for other HPV- and wart-related Q&A on this site, as well seeking addition information on sites such as the American Social health Association web-site (disclosure, Dr. Handsfield and I are both on the Board of ASHA)..
As you probably know. HPV is the most commonly acquired STD. HPV infections in women are better studied than for men. Over 85% of sexually active women will have HPV infection at some time in their lives (the number is probably similar for men). In some HPV will cause genital warts, in others it will not cause warts but may lead to changes in PAP smears in women- there is a similar situation in men but the frequency is far lower. In nearly everyone who gets HPV, warts or otherwise, the infections will resolve by themselves without therapy in 8-10 months. In a very small minority of women, HPV infection can persist and lead to the pre-cancerous lesions that PAP smears detect and which can then be treated. With this as background, on to your questions
1. Unlikely. HPV infections have a quality called "tropism" which means that infections of the genitals are not spread easily to other sorts of skin.
2. Not specifically. Start with the ASHA we site, then perhaps a call to your health department could lead to someone who is knowledgeable and good to work with.
3. Vanishingly rare. These infections are spread by direct contact.
4. I cannot and will not diagnose a rash over the net- it simply is not in your best interest. There are many potential causes of an anal rash. Hopefully through the sources mentioned in 2 above, you can identify a good health care provider to help sort this out.
5.. See 1. above. Extraordinarily low probability. I think you are overly concerned.
6. This makes little sense. It needs to be dealth with with a health care provider. Nothing you've said suggests you're at risk of dying of HPV related problems.
7. At present there are no therapeutic vaccines. This is an area of active research.
Hope this helps. Please no more- "what if" questions. EWH
As you probably know. HPV is the most commonly acquired STD. HPV infections in women are better studied than for men. Over 85% of sexually active women will have HPV infection at some time in their lives (the number is probably similar for men). In some HPV will cause genital warts, in others it will not cause warts but may lead to changes in PAP smears in women- there is a similar situation in men but the frequency is far lower. In nearly everyone who gets HPV, warts or otherwise, the infections will resolve by themselves without therapy in 8-10 months. In a very small minority of women, HPV infection can persist and lead to the pre-cancerous lesions that PAP smears detect and which can then be treated. With this as background, on to your questions
1. Unlikely. HPV infections have a quality called "tropism" which means that infections of the genitals are not spread easily to other sorts of skin.
2. Not specifically. Start with the ASHA we site, then perhaps a call to your health department could lead to someone who is knowledgeable and good to work with.
3. Vanishingly rare. These infections are spread by direct contact.
4. I cannot and will not diagnose a rash over the net- it simply is not in your best interest. There are many potential causes of an anal rash. Hopefully through the sources mentioned in 2 above, you can identify a good health care provider to help sort this out.
5.. See 1. above. Extraordinarily low probability. I think you are overly concerned.
6. This makes little sense. It needs to be dealth with with a health care provider. Nothing you've said suggests you're at risk of dying of HPV related problems.
7. At present there are no therapeutic vaccines. This is an area of active research.
Hope this helps. Please no more- "what if" questions. EWH
Thank you very much for the information you provided. It was a big help.
You are reading content posted in the STDs Forum
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.
