HPV and guys.?!


Question: My ex-BF gave me HPV, which now after 2 years has gone away. If I have sex with him again will I get the same type HPV again? Also, if I have sex with a new guy, even though the doctor said that I tested negative (after 2 years of tests), can the guy get HPV? (I didn't have the serious type).


Answers: My ex-BF gave me HPV, which now after 2 years has gone away. If I have sex with him again will I get the same type HPV again? Also, if I have sex with a new guy, even though the doctor said that I tested negative (after 2 years of tests), can the guy get HPV? (I didn't have the serious type).

It is possible that he may still be infected and that you could be re-infected.

It is a common misunderstanding (see the above answers) that once you have a virus you necessarily have it for life. In many cases, that is true....but in many other cases, it is not.

With HPV, as with Hep B/HepC/ and others, it is possible for a certain percentage of people to "clear" the virus. Their immune systems spontaneously eradicate the infection. The percentages differ depending on the virus and other factors.

There is much more research on HPV and women than on HPV and men (unfortuanately). I get very frustrated when I hear that HPV is only a problem for women. Absolutely not true. HPV can and does cause health problems in men (and their partners). Anal cancer (caused by HPV in the same way that HPV causes cervical cancer) is on the rise. Latest research shows a 2% rise/year over the past few decades. And contrary to logic, you don't have to engage in anal sex to get HPV infections in that area!

The reason why your doctor checked you out for 2 years is that the majority of HPV infections among women (especially younger women) are "cleared" within 18 months. I am not aware of any studies on HPV "clearance" in men, however I would suspect somewhat similar results.

MY advice would be to only have safer sex (with a barrier) to help reduce the chance that you would become infected with another strain. While, the use of condoms may not reliably prevent the sexual transmission of HPV, they may protect against the HPV types of genital warts, some cofactors of cervical dysplasia and invasive cervical cancer; in addition, they effectively prevent the transmission of bacterial STIs.

It's inactive BUT you still have HPV and you always will.
Having sex with him again will cause whatever symptoms you had (warts, etc) to recurr probably
but it's not definite

u will have it til the day u die and will likely get flare ups again and again at diff points in ur life





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