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How could we have been infected?
We are a married couple in late 30s with kids. Wife was tested positive for high risk hpv with normal pap recently. Same test 3 years back was negative with normal pap. At this point we are assuming that we both have hpv since we engage in vaginal and oral sex.
What we don't understand is how we caught this - since neither of us had sex with anyone else except each other in our entire lives. We absolutely trust each other on this - as unrealistic this may sound.
1. Could we have caught it from using public restrooms where one of slipped in taking appropriate protective care while in a hurry? All literature says that this does not spread through fomites, so very confused.
2. Could public swimming pools be a reason? Virus from infected persons leaked into the pool and swam around to infect one of us? This virus supposedly survives in moist conditions, so it would survive in water of the pool too, right?
3. Did we make medical history by being the first documented people to catch this asexually?
4. The previous test was negative. Does this mean this infection was contacted since after that test?
5. We are also assuming that we both have oral hpv infection also spread through oral sex with each other. We are very scared of passing this to our children - by sharing a glass, or sharing lip balm, giving them a bath or drying them with towels afterwards, or millions of little things that we may be doing innocuously that could expose them to this risk.
The primary reason we are so concerned about kids is that we are starting to believe that from our own example hpv spreads asexually and hence will spread to our kids.
6. Final thought - are there any published data about false positive rates of cervical hpv tests? We have not been told by our doctor what kind of test they did, what hpv type was tested for or what are the false positive rates for the test wife was administered. Are we wrong in expecting the doctor to provide this information?
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What we don't understand is how we caught this - since neither of us had sex with anyone else except each other in our entire lives. We absolutely trust each other on this - as unrealistic this may sound.
1. Could we have caught it from using public restrooms where one of slipped in taking appropriate protective care while in a hurry? All literature says that this does not spread through fomites, so very confused.
2. Could public swimming pools be a reason? Virus from infected persons leaked into the pool and swam around to infect one of us? This virus supposedly survives in moist conditions, so it would survive in water of the pool too, right?
3. Did we make medical history by being the first documented people to catch this asexually?
4. The previous test was negative. Does this mean this infection was contacted since after that test?
5. We are also assuming that we both have oral hpv infection also spread through oral sex with each other. We are very scared of passing this to our children - by sharing a glass, or sharing lip balm, giving them a bath or drying them with towels afterwards, or millions of little things that we may be doing innocuously that could expose them to this risk.
The primary reason we are so concerned about kids is that we are starting to believe that from our own example hpv spreads asexually and hence will spread to our kids.
6. Final thought - are there any published data about false positive rates of cervical hpv tests? We have not been told by our doctor what kind of test they did, what hpv type was tested for or what are the false positive rates for the test wife was administered. Are we wrong in expecting the doctor to provide this information?
Thanks
No oral sex, hand job, rubbing with anyone else by either of us ever. We don't smoke or do drugs and have not ever in the past. We are not around marijuana smokers.
Also, according to the doctor, past clean test indicates that this has been acquired since that test and not before.
Also, according to the doctor, past clean test indicates that this has been acquired since that test and not before.
Did either of you have any oral sex or handjobs/fingering or rub yourselves on someone else before marriage? If not, then I would question the test results and seek another doctor to administer the tests or another test lab. It is not impossible for labs to mix results up. This is a skin disease that requires skin contact. However, it is also remotely possible to be infected via sharing of drinks, sharing of cigs, kissing, etc. And possibly pools or jacuzzis. I saw an article online of people who pass joints (pot) to each other also passing the virus to each other too. Which means that sex isn't required to infect others.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2794675/
Another study showed that even exposure to second hand marijuana smoking increases the chances of getting cervical cancer by 200%. Were you exposed? Did you partake?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2794675/
Another study showed that even exposure to second hand marijuana smoking increases the chances of getting cervical cancer by 200%. Were you exposed? Did you partake?
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