Please ladies. I need your help. HPV!!!!!

[TeeA86]

My sister just informed me that she is diagnosed with HPV (no visible warts)! She had a biopsy done. She has only had one sexual partner-her husband who has cheated on her several times. I knew y'all could help. She has some questions.  Could she have got it at birth?  Does she have it forever?  Is it possible for it to not show up in a test? If any one has any info or comments please help. She just got kicked off of medicade as of Aug 1st, do the local health clinics have treatment options for HPV Thank you.

[newtohpv]

I just found out that I had an abnormal pap test, and the HPV test was abnormal too. The dr. then said, but don't worry it doesn't mean you have cancer, but take the test in 6 months and we will go from there. well my questions to her were: how did i get it....through sex. I have been with the same person since May of 2005 ONLY!!! and before that with someone for 2 years ONLY and before that with someone for 3 years. I have been getting regular pap test, but never had an hpv test. The dr said I could have a normal pap test and still have hpv, so i don't know when i got it or who gave it to me or if I gave it to my current partner. Person 1 protected sex, but he cheated for sure...found out the day I left. Person 2 not protected but never FINISHED in me, may have cheated, but not for sure. Person 3 not protected, always FINISHED in me for 1 whole year now, no protection, no birth control ever, and never got pregnant. What is going ON???  He is my 3rd and hopefully last, but now this VIRUS, he is okay with what I know, but we need to figure out how I got it, and he must have it, and if we dont stay together will he spread it since it is not cureable???  Or is it, the dr. really couldn't tell me much, she said I will research and get back to you. My main concern is who did I get it from exactly???? All pap test were normal, even the one right before this relationship, and 6 months into it, but why now is it not normal. Did i give it to him, or him to me? He was only with one other person, she used birth control. It is not like him to not use protection, but I kind of have a feeling I couldn;t have kids, since it's been a year, but is it because of HPV?

[Sasha55]

Hpv Can be tranmitted genetically but is rare. There is no cure for HPV and she will have it for the rest of her life. She must go for yearly regular pap test (if she dosent already) because HPV can cause cervical cancer which is easily treated if detected early ( i know cuz i'm in the process right now.

As for the cheating husband... i had a boyfriend of three years cheat on my and exspose me to an std. I know she dosent want to belive it but the alternative is too dangerous. If her husband dose not use condoms he exsposes her to aids, hep, and all other stds. And even if he does use condoms well i know of three stds that condoms dont protect from..HPV being one of them. Drop the loser as much as it hurts its better in the long run.

[free spirit]

Not true folks. HPV is everywhere, and there are a lot of strains. Researchers have even found HPV DNA in fossilized dinosaur warts.   Children have it, even newborns (believed to have been contracted from the mother). We pass it around without ever knowing that we have it.

As for vaginal issues, from what I understand from a top researcher in the field:  You get the first initial dose or infection from a partner. If the strain is the one that causes warts, you get the warts,  get treated, and eventually in a few years  your body will become immune to the strain you are carring.  If by some chance down the road, you get innoculated with a large amount of virus again, you can again get warts.

Cervical cancer is only caused by strain #16 and #18.  If you get this strain young, it does not neccesarily mean you are going to get cervical cancer, but the increase risk is there. Same as for the warts, your body may be able to clear up the infection, but a high dose re-innoculation could cause problems.

Many throat, nose and neck cancers are caused by HPV. It's everywhere and there is no need to freak out about being diagnosed with it. Obviously, the human race has been living with this for a long time.

[justlittleolme]

from my readings (thanks to a scare) it is pretty rare to get it at birth.. especially 18+ years ago when it was SOOO much rarer. There is no test for men without bumps, so most likely it is from her husband but unless he gets the bumps, she will never know.

[mami1323]

I was told I had HPV when I found the tiniest bump.  It felt like a scab.  I went to the gyn right away and they did a biopsy and said it was HPV.  You can only get it from a sexual partner and if she's only had one than she knows who gave it to her.  I never had another outbreak and I don't get the warts.  I never really had much other than that tiny little thing.  I get regular paps and my dr. says that mine might have even gone away but there is no cure.  They do have a steroid cream that she can use if she has an outbreak but she may never get another one.

[kenziesmom]

From what I know about HPV, there are many different stains of the virus.  It is a very common virus that can lay dormant for a long time.  I went through a long ordeal treating HPV and genital warts over 10 years ago.  My understanding, even after being treated, it may come back.  The important thing is to have regular pap exams to rule out cervical cancer.  Sometimes, the disease goes away on its own.  I would have her contact planned parenthood for information if she no longer has insurance.  Don't let her ignore it.  I wish you the best.