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Oral HPV
In May of 2012, I had sex with a boy from my dorm. I was a virgin before this and when this happened I was under the influence so I am pretty traumatized from this event. I was his fifth partner. We are both sophomores this year. He has never had an STD and has no genital warts. He told me that he was always protected with his other four partners and was always in monogamous relationships. I do believe him. The vaginal intercourse was protected. I had unprotected oral sex with this boy. He never ejaculated in my mouth or at all for that matter. He seemed to have trouble remaining hard (probably because we were both intoxicated). His penis was in my mouth twice for probably less than a minute each time. I received the HPV vaccine when I was 18 years old. It is now six months later and Ive been tested for everything (I turned 20 in August of 2012). I have no warts, in my mouth or genitals. I had a pap smear done this September 2012 and it came back normal. I am having an Oral HPV DNA test done this week. I am a paranoid person and I fear for my health. Before I hooked up with this boy and now, I eat right, sleep well, and exercise. I am pretty healthy with no autoimmune problems, I just have asthma. I just honestly want to know if I am going to be okay and if there is a good chance that I may not even have oral hpv at all. Someone please help, I am making myself borderline suicidal. I do not want to have cervical cancer or oral cancer.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Yes, another negative test result in 6 months means you are fine.
If I go again in 6 months and get retested, a year has officially passed since my exposure. If the results are once again negative, I should be fine? I shouldnt commit suicide over this right?
Yes I think its reliable. Oral cancer can come from years of drinking alcohol or smoking cigs. Not just sex. If you want to, get tested again in 6 months but as I wrote, drinking and smoking are bigger contributors to oral cancer than sex is. Given what you wrote, I don't think you have any problems to worry about at all.
You really think so? You think its reliable? You dont think I am going to get oral cancer? I am talking to a therapist and she says I was date raped. These worries all stem from my PTSD and I feel so down all the time. This is one less thing I want to worry about you know? And i know you probably think I am being irrational and stupid, but this is where I am at right now.
Yes, you don't have it based on that result. I took that test too and confirmed that I didnt have oral HPV.
What do you think? Do you think it was accurate?
Please someone reply to me, I feel so alone and sad
I received the Oral HPV DNA test which tests for 100 strains of HPV. This test was done 5 months after the encounter. It came back negative for everything. Do you guys think this test was reliable? Research has shown the test to be very accurate, it is just the question of whether the HPV is active or dormant. I figured 5 months was a good time because it gave enough time if there was a virus for it to incubate it, but not enough time for it to clear if it existed. I just want to be okay and not get oral cancer. Anyone have any comments? Does anyone think this pretty much ensures that 100% I do not have HPV in my mouth?
Remember it's been five whole months since your encounter. Not only was the whole shebang very low risk, but the period you would have noticed something is past as well. By this time next month it'll be six months. If you don't have a wart by now, you won't be getting one. I say that assuming by some odd chance you were at a more than negligible risk which of course I have already stated it seems you are not. Just keep this event in your mind as an example of what can happen to your mentality if you are not in the right circumstance for you. Be very careful to remember what your responses may be. I've had to do that. I'm a tripper much like you actually, except that I actually had warts so imagine what drain my heart and mind went down. I speak from experience. Now forget about it and be cool honey bunny. Good luck.
Thank you for your response! I know I am not being irrational and it's nice to know that I am probably, almost definitely going to be just fine. I look forward to moving on to healthier relationships.
Wow, thank you so much for this reply. I understand how irrational I was and am being about the whole event. I think it is because I was both not ready and because while it was consensual, it was very aggressive, scary, and at times felt forced. I was not comfortable the whole time. I just started talking to a counselor to sort through my fears, concerns and thoughts. I just want to be okay and I a lot of things are on my side for this thing. I am going to be fine, I just need to completely convince myself of this. Thank you!
livvylou98, your reaction of fear to sexual acts is not entirely unusual. Many of us worry about things we've done that we shouldn't have done in the heat of the moment or because it's been a while since we "got some". I myself have done this more than a few times over the years. So something to remember is that it is pretty common to worry to some degree about these things.
However, what is less common is the degree to which you are worrying. You are inventing worry where none can be realistically assumed. You are almost certainly not at risk for HPV in your mouth or your vagina. To worry this much over this makes me wonder if you are ready for sex right now. Perhaps some counseling with the school counselors will help some. They are free and can help you work through this worry. It's unnatural and you must rid yourself of it so you can enjoy the fruits of a healthy sex life with out descending into this intense negative reaction.
Here's all the facts in your favor: 1) you are vaccinated. 2) Your intercourse was protected. 3) He always used protection in the past. 4) His number of partners are really low. 5) Your episode was way back in May. If you had warts you'd certainly know by now. 6) Oral warts, though they happen, are quite rare and not a likely outcome of your experience. 7) He has never had any HPV warts himself.
To sum up, you can worry all you want but I'd do it sheepishly knowing you are inventing it out of nothing. Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to get up to speed on your true risk, realize it's almost zero, and move on. You'll be fine, but do not let this rule you. It's ruining a perfectly great period of you life.
However, what is less common is the degree to which you are worrying. You are inventing worry where none can be realistically assumed. You are almost certainly not at risk for HPV in your mouth or your vagina. To worry this much over this makes me wonder if you are ready for sex right now. Perhaps some counseling with the school counselors will help some. They are free and can help you work through this worry. It's unnatural and you must rid yourself of it so you can enjoy the fruits of a healthy sex life with out descending into this intense negative reaction.
Here's all the facts in your favor: 1) you are vaccinated. 2) Your intercourse was protected. 3) He always used protection in the past. 4) His number of partners are really low. 5) Your episode was way back in May. If you had warts you'd certainly know by now. 6) Oral warts, though they happen, are quite rare and not a likely outcome of your experience. 7) He has never had any HPV warts himself.
To sum up, you can worry all you want but I'd do it sheepishly knowing you are inventing it out of nothing. Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to get up to speed on your true risk, realize it's almost zero, and move on. You'll be fine, but do not let this rule you. It's ruining a perfectly great period of you life.
Based on your health and the vaccine shots, you are probaly healthy but please try to understand that this STD is like the common cold. It is inevitable for all sexually active adults. Unless you date and marry a virgin who remains monogamous with you for the rest of his life, anything is possible. Safe sex helps a lot as does those shots. No need to be suicidal here. You are fine.
Three of the people he slept with were from high school and the one person before me was a freshmen from the same university as me. I dont know if this is helpful, but I just thought to include it.
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