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Do I have HPV
Before 2.8 years, I did protected sex with a sex worker. Although I tested for hiv after 2 years which elisa test was 0.11. But i did not tested for HPV. During this whole time around 2.8 years, i never had any kind of itching, burning, pain, warts in my penis. 1. Can I have doubt about HPV as I have heared that almost woman have HPV in their genitals. 2. And why it has been written everywhere that condoms provide less protection against HPV. 3. It also has been written that hpv is not treatable, then why do the go away on their own. I am also doing unprotected sex with my wife for 8 months but she is also not having those kind of symptoms. I am feared that i have given HPV her. I am totally confused. Please tell me.
Oral HPV is much less common. It usually effects people with a weaker immune system. Also, the cancer causing HPV are different types of the virus than the ones that cause warts. It takes years for the high risk (cancer causing) types to actually cause cancerous cells. Many women will receive pap smears and find out that they have abnormal cell changes/ growth. This doesn't mean they have cancer yet. Our bodies will usually clear this virus prior to it becoming cancerous. So, since your encounter was 2.8 years ago, it is pretty safe to say that you have probably cleared the virus by now if you even were infected.
Hi veryworried, thank you so much for this very good explanation. Actually i am worried that i will have throat cancer as many says due to hpv. So what is the difference between orl hpv and genital hpv? Please help me to ease of my mind.
1. Can I have doubt about HPV as I have heared that almost woman have HPV in their genitals.
A: Men are the usual carriers of HPV since men cannot be tested for it. Since you had no symptoms and no visible warts, you cannot tell if you have it or not. Only women can get tested for it. Men had to rely on the test results of their female partners or the biopsy results of a wart to know whether they have it or not.
2. And why it has been written everywhere that condoms provide less protection against HPV.
A: Because genital skin is everywhere a condom isn't. Thighs, buttocks, scrotom, pubic area, etc. And the penis. A condom just does not cover all of the genital skin on a man. It doesn't even go down to the base of the penis. So the general thinking is that condoms provide 50% protection but this doesn't mean you have a 50/50 chance of getting it or spreading it. Condoms are great for STDs that exist in fluids like HIV. For STDs that are skin diseases like Herpes or HPV, they do not provide as good protection. This is why the CDC says the only safe sex is no sex.
3. It also has been written that hpv is not treatable, then why do the go away on their own.
A: The medical community consenus is that small amounts of it cling to DNA forever. The term "cleared" just means that an infected person is not infectious. Approx 90% of the infected are no long infectious for the rest of their lives. Some unlucky people become infectious again. Women can get tested for it and if they are diagnosed with it, they can have procedures performed to make them non-infectious. Some women get positive results years/decades later even while in a monogamous relationship during that period. Their immediate reaction is to think their current partner gave it to them but it isn't always true. So it is treatable for women. Not for men except for the removal of warts. The drug companies just do not have a blood test or penis smear test for men to know their HPV health.
You should not fear that you have HPV or gave her HPV. Your safe sex with a sex worker was safe but not completely safe. She should be tested for it every year (esp after age 50) or every few years to be sure. And unless she was a virgin when you met, she cannot assume you gave it to her or she had it before she met you. Should she get a positive diagnosis some day, you should assume you have what she has, even without any symptoms. Especially since you two have unsafe sex.
Please go on with your life as if you don't have it. Only people who have been diagnosed with it should consider themselves to be carriers. However, all sexually active people (4 or more partners in their entire lives and yes this includes oral sex) may be HPV carriers because the CDC says that 80% is the magic number with 20% per sex partner. But without a test for men, it is impossible for men to know. Still, it is silly to worry about this any more than the heart disease that everyone has from the junk food we eat and the lack of exercise that most do.
A: Men are the usual carriers of HPV since men cannot be tested for it. Since you had no symptoms and no visible warts, you cannot tell if you have it or not. Only women can get tested for it. Men had to rely on the test results of their female partners or the biopsy results of a wart to know whether they have it or not.
2. And why it has been written everywhere that condoms provide less protection against HPV.
A: Because genital skin is everywhere a condom isn't. Thighs, buttocks, scrotom, pubic area, etc. And the penis. A condom just does not cover all of the genital skin on a man. It doesn't even go down to the base of the penis. So the general thinking is that condoms provide 50% protection but this doesn't mean you have a 50/50 chance of getting it or spreading it. Condoms are great for STDs that exist in fluids like HIV. For STDs that are skin diseases like Herpes or HPV, they do not provide as good protection. This is why the CDC says the only safe sex is no sex.
3. It also has been written that hpv is not treatable, then why do the go away on their own.
A: The medical community consenus is that small amounts of it cling to DNA forever. The term "cleared" just means that an infected person is not infectious. Approx 90% of the infected are no long infectious for the rest of their lives. Some unlucky people become infectious again. Women can get tested for it and if they are diagnosed with it, they can have procedures performed to make them non-infectious. Some women get positive results years/decades later even while in a monogamous relationship during that period. Their immediate reaction is to think their current partner gave it to them but it isn't always true. So it is treatable for women. Not for men except for the removal of warts. The drug companies just do not have a blood test or penis smear test for men to know their HPV health.
You should not fear that you have HPV or gave her HPV. Your safe sex with a sex worker was safe but not completely safe. She should be tested for it every year (esp after age 50) or every few years to be sure. And unless she was a virgin when you met, she cannot assume you gave it to her or she had it before she met you. Should she get a positive diagnosis some day, you should assume you have what she has, even without any symptoms. Especially since you two have unsafe sex.
Please go on with your life as if you don't have it. Only people who have been diagnosed with it should consider themselves to be carriers. However, all sexually active people (4 or more partners in their entire lives and yes this includes oral sex) may be HPV carriers because the CDC says that 80% is the magic number with 20% per sex partner. But without a test for men, it is impossible for men to know. Still, it is silly to worry about this any more than the heart disease that everyone has from the junk food we eat and the lack of exercise that most do.
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