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Genital Warts & Faithfully Married a LONG time
Ok, my wife and I have been married 14 years and were together for several years before that. I had several sex partners before I met her, but since we've been together, I have never had sex (oral or otherwise) with another person. I am 99% certain that she has not been with anyone during that time either. Recently, I discovered 2 small bumps on my penis that turned out to be genital warts. My question is this...how might I have contracted the virus? Is it possible to get it from a way other than through sexual contact? I have done extensive searches online and it appears that "regular" warts (i.e. those that appear on the hands, face, etc.) can be passed via towels or a handshake or some other kind of contact like that. I also understand that HPV generally needs an "opening" through which to enter the body - a cut, for instance. Isn't it possible that I was exposed to the strain of HPV that caused my genital warts in a way other than sexual contact?
After 14 years of marriage, our sex life is not the greatest. I have never been unfaithful, but really don't know how she will react to the news that I have genital warts. Any advice is much appreciated.
After 14 years of marriage, our sex life is not the greatest. I have never been unfaithful, but really don't know how she will react to the news that I have genital warts. Any advice is much appreciated.
i was happy with my life .i was pregnant married and then my husband was like what is that i had a wart inside of my private part .i didnt know what the hell it was ,i went to the doctor he was like u have hpv i was like what is that.and he told me ect.. i had 2 have a c-section i was really upset .and now i just cant take it anymore i really wanna die becuz this std my warts r keep coming back my life is in hell i cry all the time my whole family is ruined becuz of this i just cant take it anymore .... they need 2 fined a cure and make us enjoy our life its not fair ..
I was also diagnosed with genital warts && have been in a faithful relationship for 4 yrs. my dr said it is possible that i came in contact with it before i even met him or that he could have come in contact with it before he met me. it is a very common std && some people can go their whole life without knowing they have it.
Can HPV be transmitted by handjob, where the person giving it touches the inside of the foreskin?
but, at the same time, what you should consider is your wife. the sooner you tell her, the better. genital warts means HPV, and she can have major health risks, so however you got it you should consider her health first. it was probably dormant, in her or you, so just assume that and do what you can and think about all the scenarios afterward. she needs to go to a doctor too-- it can cause cervical cancer, whether she got it from you and you got it from a bar of soap or not. really. but if she checks out fast, she has better chances of being totally unaffected.
okay, it's true that HPV is transmitted usually through skin to skin contact. it can be transmitted otherwise through unusual circumstances... laboratory conditions, say... so it's possible. You might be getting opinons of Lay People, but many of us (me for example) have similar experiences and are just telling you our experiences from what doctors told us. I have had hpv twice and it was never a question that i got the disease other than through sexual contact or skin-to-skin. yeah, i was in monogamous relationships. maybe one of you, you or your wife, had something lying dormant (very possible). it doesn't mean you were cheating. I was not, neither of the times i tested positive, and i was in a relationship with someone who tested clean (since i'm a woman, and men can't be positively tested til they have an outbreak). anyway, the best you can do is listen to the experiences of others and use it constructively rather than becoming so defensive and lashing out. i've asked doctors the same question, and the chance of me getting hpv through, say, a towel or a bar of soap seem so far off the map that it sounds ridiculous. this virus generally travels skin-to-skin and the chances of otherwise would be unusual and hard to do without some active effort. and, as a person whose had this twice, tons of checkups, lots of procedures, lots of questions and answers, and done lots of research, i'm confident advising other people. it could have been dormant. there you go.
remember u said u are almost 99% sure yr wife was not unfaithful.......... you are not 100%
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