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STDs (Expert Forum)
HPV - HEPATITIS B
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University of Washington
Seattle - WA
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This forum is limited to questions about STDs other than HIV/AIDS. For questions about HIV prevention, or if you have general questions about safe sex (e.g., condoms, how to protect yourself from HIV and STDs), please visit the HIV Prevention and Safe Sex Forum
Some of the most common types of questions concern the risk of HIV or STD after a particular sexual exposure, and about symptoms that might or might not be due to HIV. If your question is along these lines, please visit the HIV Prevention and Safe Sex Forum.
HPV - HEPATITIS B
by wasitalie, Aug 13, 2005 12:00AM
my boyfriend and i were treated for genital warts before. It's obvious that we both had HPV. Now, he just got diagnosed with Hepatitis B. He told me that the doctor said that HPV - genital warts is considered a type of hepatitis B or the other way around. Is this true? If I had genital warts before will I test positive with Hepatitis B? or are these two different viruses? Please explain!!
Doctor's Answer
by H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D., Aug 13, 2005 12:00AM
, Aug 13, 2005 12:00AM
Your boyfriend is confused and probably misunderstood the doctor. Hepatitis B virus is abbreviated HBV, which can sound identical to HPV when spoken. Perhaps it was only this sort of confusion. HBV and HPV are entirely different viruses.
Most important, if your boyfriend in fact has HBV infection, you need to be tested for it and, if negative, to get vaccinated against it--immediately. So be sure your boyfriend clarifies things. If in doubt, go to the same doctor and ask him or her directly about these issues; or your own healthcare provider if different from your partner's.
Good luck-- HHH, MD
Most important, if your boyfriend in fact has HBV infection, you need to be tested for it and, if negative, to get vaccinated against it--immediately. So be sure your boyfriend clarifies things. If in doubt, go to the same doctor and ask him or her directly about these issues; or your own healthcare provider if different from your partner's.
Good luck-- HHH, MD
