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genital warts ?!

  Im 18 and have had 3 sexual partners. 2 of which were results of too much drink and some seriously bad judgement. The other one however is with my current boyfriend, i say 'boyfriend' but to be honest he's alot more than that. He's the only person in my life who is there for me and he cares for me alot even though the relationship is fairly new.
  I recently have had a missed call from a 'health advisor' saying that she needs to get in touch regarding my health..That was 2 weeks ago, since then i have tried desperately to get in touch, only to get to voicemail. After that call i started to get stressed and more than a little worried. I got in touch with one of my previous sexual partners and he told me he had cylamidia. At the time it was devastating to me purely through the fact that i would have to tell my boyfriend about this.
  This led to me checking myself out and ive found these lumps that look smooth right at the back of my tounge aswell as things that look like skin tags aswell, i have quite a few of these and i now believe myself to have HPV. Although i have nothing around my genitals.
  I've read that HPV is incureable and that i'd have it for the rest of my life, this has changed me from my normally happy self into something extreamely different. I can't eat, can't sleep and im overcome by this huge sense of guilt for inflicting this onto someone i care so much for.
  i have a spark of hope however at reading some of the experts answers to questions, there saying that most people have HPV, that it isnt life altering.. and that it goes away and you wouldnt put people at risk...

i guess what im asking is what to do, im lost and need help. If i do have HPV (im almost positive i do) is it permanent? With the warts being on my tongue does that mean they'll spread to my genitals? I havent said any of this to anyone and im really heartbroken about how to go about speaking to my boyfriend about it.

any responses at all will be amazing
thank you!
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Most GP's will be able to do a exam and test but the test might take longer. I say wait until Monday, then you are dealing with someone who sees it everyday and might be able to give you more insite. With HPV there is a lot of info on the internet and a lot of it is junk. But all warts that you get is from HPV. So if you have ever had a wart before on your finger or toe then you had a strain of HPV. It's really not a big deal. My wife got HPV before I met her, she told me about it and I didn't really care. It was not a big concern to me. I knew it was not going to kill me and I knew that if I got it that I could see a Dr for treatment.
I am no expert on HPV but have read enough to get some basic info on it.
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  I will, thanks Vance... Theres just so much conflicting stuff on the internet about it.
The woman from the STI clinic is only avaliable on a monday and tuesday.. That seems a very long time away right now, would you reccomend me seeing my GP? I thought the GP would just send me to a clinic  to sort it out..?
  A note for this website too, its very reassureing and ive found it a massive help already just in calming myself down and thinking more in perspective about all of this.
Thanks.
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HPV is not something you have for life, it does leave the body. But don't convince yourself that you have it, let a Dr take a look. Oral HPV is rare and if you have it in one spot it will not spread to other spots.

First see a Dr and get diagnosed then come back and let us know your results.
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