if you've had sex with only two men and found out you have hpv, would you tell the men to get tested ??
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Like Gumdrop said, there is NO hpv test for men.  I would tell them though.  They need to know so they don't spread it.\n\nIf you have the type of hpv that causes warts, they can be on the watch for them.  If you have the type that causes cervical changes, they won't likely get any symptoms, but they should still know so they don't spread it.\n\nIts REALLY possible that they don't know they have it, so don't waste your energy getting angry at them.  Instead, use that energy to help stop the spread by just informing them.
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My doctor told me that HPV can take years and years to show up as something abnormal on a pap smear. I know for some people they can have positive results right away but I guess for the majority of women who don't have other symptoms is can take years to show up. He actually said it could sometimes take 10-15 years to show up as abnormal cells.\n\nThere is a DNA test they can do at the same time as the pap that can tell you if you have HPV (I don't think it specifies as per the particular strain you have). I have read about this test but my doctor hasn't heard of it (Canada).\n\nSo I guess many would be quick to tell you your boyfried cheated. I am not saying he didn't, cause let's face it- it happens. But yes, it is possible for you to have had HPV from a previous relationship (or he is a carrier of it with no symptoms from a previous relationship). It's also possible that having 2 children  put a strain on your body and it was no longer to keep the virus dormant. \n\nGood luck to you.
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Oh please!  You are messed up!!  As if you'd have the balls to compliment a good looking woman in front of her husband!  Once he's left the room maybe, but I'm sure you'd be running for cover then minute he came back. \n\nBy satisfy do you mean infect with your what multiple stds?  \n\nI'd like to add beggars can't be choosers!
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Hi. I was diagnosed with cervical cancer when I was 25. I do remember the ob-gyn handing me a check-list of questions (about a dozen, i think) regarding behaviour/contributing factors that may be linked to the development of this type of cancer. Certainly 'multiple sexual partners' was on this list, but i don't recall a question about my partners sexual habits. I was told that multiple partners could increase the risk of being exposed to the pap virus, which is certainly a factor in developing this type of cancer. I'm not aware of any other viruses linked to cervical cancer. Perhaps you could ask your ob-gyn specifically why he asked and what he may be looking for? If your ob-gyn has a theory, you have a right to be kept informed. By the way, mine was 22 years ago.
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Hmmm... if they actually have sex (physical) with strangers met on the internet, I would say get tested for every sexually transmitted disease and get the heck outta Dodge cowboy!
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I just went through a year and a half of HPV and first off...your are fine. And some of these answers are simply NOT CORRECT.  \n\nBH and cptkmwallman - If the test came back "high risk" then YES, it IS HPV..."High risk" is a form of HPV...its the kind that does not cause genital warts, but has a higher risk of causing cancer, it has nothing to do with how much sex you have had.\n\n MISS MARY - HPV is not caused by "genital warts" genital warts are a form of "low risk HPV".  \n\nHigh Risk HPV - the most common form of HPV.  DOES NOT cause genital warts.  It means that your pap detected abnormal cells in your vagina (cervix).  This is not the end of the world...something like 80% of women have this type of HPV.  It will go away on its own, but if you dont take frequent pap tests (every 6 months) it could develop into cancer.  Sometimes with high risk HPV, the abnormal cells are clustered together and a doctor can actually remove them using a number of procedures.  I only had a few and after 3 paps, my test came back normal.\n\nLow-risk HPV - This is the type of HPV that CAUSES genital warts.  This is less common and again, the doctors have a number of ways to remove warts and again, it will go away on its own.\n\nOnce you have had HPV, you will always have it in your system, but most likely you will not experience another problem.  \n\nDont worry or feel bad like you have a horrible STD...remember, almost everywoman will experience some form of HPV in her life...it is just that common.  Just concern yourself with preventing cervical cancer by taking frequent paps and you should recieve a normal one within 2 years most likely.\n\nI hope this answers your question...I sure did my studying and asking after my first abnormal pap.\n\nAND GOOD LORD PEOPLE>>>HIGH RISK DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH HOW MANY SEXUAL PARTNERS YOU HAVE HAD< YOU COULD HAVE HAD 1 PARTNER AND STILL HAVE HIGH RISK HPV.
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There is no accurate test for the strain of HPV that causes genital warts.  Warts are only diagnosed clinically (by the doctor or nurse looking at them).  Pap smears can detect HPV, but as a prior person said, the strain that causes cervical changes is not the same as the strain that causes warts.  In any case, you can get infected immediately, from one contact, but it does usually take months to develop warts or cervical changes.  \n\nYou can also contract the virus, and never develop symptoms, but pass it on to another partner. \n\nUnfortunately, HPV is a virus that we do not know alot about at this point.
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Right now there is no test for men. However, there are ways to detect the most common problem caused by HPV in men, genital warts. Genital warts are usually diagnosed by visual inspection. Some health care providers may use a vinegar solution to help identify flat warts, although this test is not specific for warts. That means the test may falsely identify normal skin as a wart.
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hey there, im in med school... i just learned about this.... i took this quote from a website that i just stumbled upon....\n\n"Genital HPV infection is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that is caused by human papillomavirus (HPV). Human papillomavirus is the name of a group of viruses that includes more than 100 different strains or types. More than 30 of these viruses are sexually transmitted, and they can infect the genital area of men and women including the skin of the penis, vulva (area outside the vagina), or anus, and the linings of the vagina, cervix, or rectum. Most people who become infected with HPV will not have any symptoms and will clear the infection on their own."\n\nSo, unless you get some serious effects from this, nothing to worry about.  but, just to be on the safe side, get a regular PAP test because bumps and worts can be an early warning sign for cervical cancer.
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The human papilloma virus (HPV) is sexually transmitted, and is unfortunately very common. If you were both molested by the same man and have had no other partners, it is likely that you both got the virus from him (assuming there was penetration involved). However, if you have had other sexual partners it's possible you got it from one of them. Many people (some studies say as many as 80%) carry this virus, even though it doesn't cause dysplasia in everyone. Once you get the virus it often doesn't go away, and it usually takes several years before you actually get dysplasia changes on your pap smear, sometimes as long as 10 years. Sorry you have to go through this, but stay on top of it so the bad cells can be taken care of and it won't progress to cancer! Good luck!
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get tested immediately- know that you could have had it way before him. Symptoms aren't obvious and they don't always show.  I have heard that 80% of women carry the virus nowadays, so there is no  way to track it to one partner.  Protect yourself!
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If he is the only one you have had sex with, then the warts came from him...and he got them from whomever else he is sleeping with...
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The HPV vaccine is only for four types of HPV, not all. There are at least 30 different kinds. The reason they are so concerned about giving it to young girls is because of the cervical cancer. Cervical cancer kills 300,000 woman a year! Scientist are trying to prevent this by using the vaccine.\n\nAs for giving it to men, there really is no reason. They obviously can't get cervical cancer. They might get genital warts, but that is easily treated. If a guy who has HPV were to have sex with a girl, hopefully they would have been vaccinated. That is way they are giving it at such a young age, before they have sex (hopefully!).\n\nI have had cervical cancer and genital warts. I wish it could help people already infected with HPV, but I'm still glad they have come out with it to hopefully prevent it.\n\nCheck out this link for more info:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HPV_vaccine
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I agree, the vaccine should be given to males. Males transmit it  too and do on occasion have problems from it. However, at this time it is only approved for females and suggested for girls between the ages of 9- 26 BEFORE they are sexually active. It  is considered effective for certain strains of HPV (16 and 18 are two) for up to 5 years. I guess time will tell if the shots hold up any longer than that.\n\nClinical trials for Gardasil was performed on girls between the ages of 16-23, therefore they have not tested it in men. The FDA will not approve it for men until it has been tested on them. I believe in time they will work on a vaccine for men, but right now the concern is with high risk strains of the virus that are linked to cervical and genital cancers in women, HPV effects men totally different. There is an extremely rare chance or penile cancer, and anal cancer in men who have anal sex, but overall HPV causes far less problems in men at this time. \n \nI have also heard that the next big thing in HPV is a vaccine of sorts for women that already have the virus, this would be awesome! Maybe men will be considered in the near future too.\n\nHPV Vaccine Info.\nhttp://www.cdc.gov/std/hpv/STDFact-HPV-vaccine.htm
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There are over 30 kinds of HPV. I have read even up to 100. Most kinds don't do anything or show any symptoms, that's why is it so easily spread from person to person. After all it is the number one STD. \n\nSince you both have the virus it doesn't matter if you have unprotected sex. It is a virus and will stay with you the rest of your life. It's not like you are going to reinfect each other or make it worse. There currently is no cure for HPV right now. \n\nYou need to be going to your OBGYN at least once a year though, because HPV can cause cervical cancer which kills 300,000 women a year! It can also cause genital warts, which although annoying, are treatable. Women usually don't find out they have HPV until they get an abnormal pap smear come back, or they develop genital warts. Both can be treated. Men usually find out they have it by developing genital warts, which can also be treated.\n\nI have had HPV for about 5 years now. I got cervical cancer about a year after I got it, and just six months ago I got genital warts. It can take a while to show any signs or symptoms.
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HPV is human papillomavirus.  It has recently been discovered that this is the cause of cervical cancer.\n\nAround 80% of the sexually active population will come into contact with HPV at some point in their lives, and most do not develop cancer because the virus either does not cause symptoms at all, or the symptoms that do develop are caught early and treated before they have a chance to progress. \n\nThis is why it is so important for women to get a pap smear at least once a year.  Although there is no cure it is a highly treatable before it has a chance to become cancer.\n\nAs to the warts - get yourself tested.  Unlike men, women do not always show the warts on the outside.  If you have them get treatment.\n\nOther than that you have to question, where did all these STD's come from.
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Have you been checked  for a STD??? Thats what it sounds like to me or Herpies.. ewhhhhhhhhhh.. yuck!