General Questions?

[Guilty_Scared]

I had protected vaginal sex with a high risk female (almost a CSW) about 3 months ago..
I got tested for all STD's (HIV, HSV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, Hep A, B and C at 12 weeks, and everything was negative)

I went to my primary care doctor, as I had two red rash sort thing on either side of the belly button, which he said were stretch marks (as I had lost some weight intentionally), I also had a small pimple sort of thing (which subsided in about 3-5 days but still has a blackish red mark left behind (2-3 weeks after), he said it was probably just a pimple.

Could this be an HPV symptom/wart?

and also what are the chances of me getting HPV from this one single protected exposure?

HPV is the only one which is bothering me now.

I am planning to test for al other STD's again at 6months (however I would really like if someone can reassure me that 12 weeks would be conclusive and I dont need another test at 6 months).

Lastly, I am 26 male, so am planning to take thew HPV vaccine after my 6 month test, as I do not want the vaccine to interfere in the test results.

I believe I am a healthy person otherwise with good immune system, so will my body clear up any HPV in 6-8 months, that is incase I caught one, and again did I catch one from one protected act?.

I apologize to sound paranoid about this.

Thanks for your help.

[Life360_Dave]

Protected vaginal sex is considered low risk for all stds but there is no 100% guarentee that you did not contract it. As to having sex with your mate i really am not in a position to answer this but you can post in the std expert forum and get that answered by a doctor. I believe there is a slight fee.

[Guilty_Scared]

I would not... It was just once .. When I was not thinking right...never again.. I am loyal atleast from now will be to my woman...

I now knw the foot wart is HPV albeit a harmless one..

But from what I understand from your answers.. I would probably not have acquired HPV (high or low risk) from 10-15 minutes of this stupid protected encounter ... Correct? And I can safely start sexual activity with my girlfriend now?

And thanks once again...

[Life360_Dave]

Your foot wart is HPV. You really need to put this behind you. The big risk for genital hpv if for females not men as can lead to cervix cancer.
At word to the wise. If you reacted with all this testing, do youself a big favor and dont frequent CSW,s any more.

[Guilty_Scared]

Add to it the information on different sites and risks involved even the rate ones sound so scary... That it just shoots up your anxiety and paranoia around this...

[Guilty_Scared]

I have had a wart on my feet for years.. Never realised it is called a wart until recently...

And I probably have OCD.. So can't stop my brain to come back to this question as this the only one that cannot be tested...

As far as I remember she was wart free.. Atleast from the outside... But considering her to be a CSW.. She probably had HPV.. And googling about this does nothing to lower the anxiety relating to this..

I really appreciate you answering my questions... But 12 weeks test for herpes and other STD's were negative.. So that put my mind to stop thinking about it.. N then this was the only thing left.. No test meant some sort of reassurance about minimal/zero risk would help..

[Life360_Dave]

I really think you over reacting to the one time act and believe your being tested anxiety driven.
The virus can clear up on its own meaning go away. Its a topical virus not nerve like herpes.
If she had no warts then you had nearly zero risk, your biggest risk from protected vaginal is herpes not HPV. Have you ever had a finger wart?

[Guilty_Scared]

I have not had sex prior to this exposure.. so not sure how I would have been exposed to it... and my questions are based on just this exposure... I have had situations before not amounting to sex (and always I have never seen any visible warts.. and this is the only exposure where sex was performed...and again no visible warts or anything).. anyway my questions are based on just this particular exposure...

Secondly, the girl had no visible warts or anything as far as i remember and had pretty smooth skin..

I had probably shaved the same day, so may/may not have small shave cuts on my skin...

when you say clear up... do you mean the virus?..

[Life360_Dave]

The shot is not guarentted to work at your age because youve most likely already been exposted to it but there no way to know this as there is no testing .
If you have rubbed a wart then you can contract it.
It can clear up on its own but many with genital warts have them removed.
The vaccine will not interfer with other std tests.

[Guilty_Scared]

Hi Life360,
Thanks for your response.

What about the other questions?

What about the chances from 1 protected exposure? and
about the effectiveness of Gardasil (HPV vaccine at age 26 for males)?
and ability of body to clear HPV?
and is 6 month STD testing required?

[Life360_Dave]

Hi HPV symptoms are warts not red rash. Only a doctors visual can diagnose these as there is no test for men.