Aa
Non Hodgkins HPV
Doctors:
I had a prior girlfriend who was treated for HPV (surgery to remove abnormality after PAP) About a year later I had another oral partner (both received and provided) and 10 months later she found out she has Non Hodgkins Lymphoma? I believe she had enlarged lymphnodes in her neck. Could I be responsible for her cancer????
I had a prior girlfriend who was treated for HPV (surgery to remove abnormality after PAP) About a year later I had another oral partner (both received and provided) and 10 months later she found out she has Non Hodgkins Lymphoma? I believe she had enlarged lymphnodes in her neck. Could I be responsible for her cancer????
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Thanks for the thanks. We're glad to help.
No, there is no link between HPV and NHL. See my initial reply. The data haven't changed in the past 3 days, so I haven't changed my mind.
No, there is no link between HPV and NHL. See my initial reply. The data haven't changed in the past 3 days, so I haven't changed my mind.
So to be clear HPV does not seem to have any link to NHL? Thank you for the insightful perspective. This is hands down the most informative site on the topic.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
It probably is unlikely you could have infected the third partner, given the 6 month delay; and of course the condom substantially reduced what risk was there. For sure you should not contact her about this. All experts recommend against routinely informing partners in this manner, and all your sex partners (and all women) are responsible for their own pap smears, regardless of known or suspected exposure to HPV.
I think you continue to miss an important point. Genital HPV infection is inevitable, i.e. a normal and expected aspect of human sexuality. Any and all your sex parnters in the future are likely to have had, to currently have, and/or to catch additional genital HPV infections. You can expect to be reexposed and perhaps reinfected. And although most HPV infections clear up, some do not. To prevent serious HPV outcomes, women should have regular pap smears, and all persons should consider immunization to protect against the most common HPV types that cause significant health problems. Beyond those steps, it is a waste of mental energy to worry about it. HPV should be on your mind as you progress through various sexual relationships over the years. It isn't worth the mental energy.
I think you continue to miss an important point. Genital HPV infection is inevitable, i.e. a normal and expected aspect of human sexuality. Any and all your sex parnters in the future are likely to have had, to currently have, and/or to catch additional genital HPV infections. You can expect to be reexposed and perhaps reinfected. And although most HPV infections clear up, some do not. To prevent serious HPV outcomes, women should have regular pap smears, and all persons should consider immunization to protect against the most common HPV types that cause significant health problems. Beyond those steps, it is a waste of mental energy to worry about it. HPV should be on your mind as you progress through various sexual relationships over the years. It isn't worth the mental energy.
Thank you for the clarification Dr. Handsfield. One last question if possible. There is a 3rd partner that I was with probably six months after my relationship with the woman with the abnormal PAP. We had brief condom protected vaginal sex. To be clear all of this occured in 2008, so I suppose it is reasonable to believe we all have likely cleared the virus if we had it to begin with. I do not know if she has regular PAP check ups. Should I contact her now with this info?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Welcome to the forum.
There is no chance these two events -- your first partner's abnormal pap and your more recent partner's non-hodgkins lymphoma -- are related to each other. NHL is not caused by HPV or any other sexually transmitted infection
It is likely you had HPV at the time of the first partner's abnormal pap smear, either because you were exposed to her pre-existing infection or, conceivably, or because you were the source of her HPV infection. Either way, you were not responisbile for that problem (i.e. there is nothing you could have done to prevent it). And if you did have HPV back then, you can be quite certain that by now it has cleared up and will never cause a problem for you or your future sex partners.
The business about HPV and throat cancer is has nothing to do with any of this. And no, such cancer cannot be confused with, or turn into, NHL. Here is a thread that goes into detail about HPV and throat cancer -- which, as you will see, remains uncommon despite all the media attention to it: http://www.medhelp.org/posts/STDs/HPV-and-oral-cancer-risk-in-male/show/1181303
I hope this helps. Don't let this situation worry you in the least. Best wishes-- HHH, MD
There is no chance these two events -- your first partner's abnormal pap and your more recent partner's non-hodgkins lymphoma -- are related to each other. NHL is not caused by HPV or any other sexually transmitted infection
It is likely you had HPV at the time of the first partner's abnormal pap smear, either because you were exposed to her pre-existing infection or, conceivably, or because you were the source of her HPV infection. Either way, you were not responisbile for that problem (i.e. there is nothing you could have done to prevent it). And if you did have HPV back then, you can be quite certain that by now it has cleared up and will never cause a problem for you or your future sex partners.
The business about HPV and throat cancer is has nothing to do with any of this. And no, such cancer cannot be confused with, or turn into, NHL. Here is a thread that goes into detail about HPV and throat cancer -- which, as you will see, remains uncommon despite all the media attention to it: http://www.medhelp.org/posts/STDs/HPV-and-oral-cancer-risk-in-male/show/1181303
I hope this helps. Don't let this situation worry you in the least. Best wishes-- HHH, MD
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
See above.
Also, note that my primary reply above is modified from the first I posted, with a more accurate comment about your past partner's HPV infection. Please re-read it to make sure you have seen the proper version.
Also, note that my primary reply above is modified from the first I posted, with a more accurate comment about your past partner's HPV infection. Please re-read it to make sure you have seen the proper version.
Research I have done on my own indicates on rare occasion throat cancer can be linked to HPV and oral sex. Would throat cancer spread to cause NHLymphoma?
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.
