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Is it possible to contract HPV without sexual/intimate contact?
by Mike_Lowry, Jul 03, 2008 11:22AM
My friend is crashing at my place tonight because he has found out that his wife has genital warts. The big question is where did she get them? He has had many sexual partners in the past. It is also possible that he has been with another woman recently (I'm not sure, only speculation)? Anyway, he is adamant that he didn't give them to her.
She claims she has not been with anyone else since before they were married more than two years ago. She says she thinks she contracted HPV from using a public toilet. So three questions really, what probability would you give to each of theses scenarios: 1. She got it from a toilet? 2. She got it from him as an asymptomatic carrier? and 3. She is just now showing symptoms after contracting it more than 2 years ago?
This is very important to him because he strongly believes that she cheated on him. He could easily forgive her if she would admit she had cheated or there were another likely explanation. He doesn't believe she could have possibly gotten it from a public toilet. So do you think she cheated on him or is there another possible explanation?
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She claims she has not been with anyone else since before they were married more than two years ago. She says she thinks she contracted HPV from using a public toilet. So three questions really, what probability would you give to each of theses scenarios: 1. She got it from a toilet? 2. She got it from him as an asymptomatic carrier? and 3. She is just now showing symptoms after contracting it more than 2 years ago?
This is very important to him because he strongly believes that she cheated on him. He could easily forgive her if she would admit she had cheated or there were another likely explanation. He doesn't believe she could have possibly gotten it from a public toilet. So do you think she cheated on him or is there another possible explanation?
Thanks
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Impossible.
2. She got it from him as an asymptomatic carrier?
Very possible.
3. She is just now showing symptoms after contracting it more than 2 years ago?
Very possible.
Unfortunately, it's hard to trace where one contracted HPV if they've had more than one sexual partner. If he has no other reasons to suspect she cheated, then he needs to accept she got this before him/from him.