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If I get a Pap that comes back normal after previously receiving an abnormal result can I still give HPV to my new partner?

Ok so I feel I need to explain my situation so you will fully understand my question.. sorry about how wordy it is.

I had gotten an abnormal pap smear result about a year and a half ago. I had a boyfriend then, and around that time he had started getting warts on his penis. I never had any warts. I recently (2 months ago) went and got a re-pap and the results were normal. My doctor said my immune system had fought off the HPV virus, but that the virus DNA is still in my body. I was thrilled, but at the same time I wasn't because my boyfriends' HPV was getting worse and worse...
I continued to have unprotected sex with my infected boyfriend for the next month or so because I figured my body was immune to that particular type that he had, and I previously had. I never developed any warts and I was hoping that my dysplasia was still gone. Two weeks ago we broke up.
I recently met another guy and last night we had sex for the first time. It was unprotected since I am on birth control and he did not have a condom... I know it was very very dumb and now I am worrying that I may have given him HPV.

So with all that noted, I am asking if it is possible that I have given my new partner HPV?
If my Paps went from abnormal to normal while having sex with my infected ex-boyfriend does that mean my body is currently immune to that particular type of HPV?
Could I have been re-infected by my ex-boyfriend during that month period after my normal pap smear?
And if I am not currently infected but had previously been infected, could I still pass that to my new partner?
If he had worn protection, would that have any impact on the chances of me transmitting HPV to him?

Please help... I would feel absolutely terrible if I have given this man HPV because of my lack of knowledge. I feel this is a relevant question to most females who have had abnormal pap smears and then received normal ones later on... Thank you very much for you time and I will anxiously be awaiting a response.

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thank you guys very much!!
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I might add you could get your partner vaccinated against the most common strands of HPV so furthermore make sure he does not contract it from you. Also if you do by the time the vaccination potencial becomes less effective after 5 years, your hpv chances of becoming active again will be very very low
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well let start here, you don't have to any longer worry about HPV it would appear that your infection has cleared up and although it is inyour system.. it will always be in your system and yes the infection can reoccurr but most likely will not unless your immune system is extremely low. you probably did not transmit the HPV to your new partner.

BUT you in deed had unprotected sex with your new partner soooo you both need a full STD panel... there are other STDs other then HPV. Chlamydia, gono, HSV, Syphilis, HIV... you never should have unprotected sex until you know there status and that means seeing test results or getting tested together.
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