More info on HPV?!


Question:

More info on HPV?

I would like to to things like like if i have sex with that automatically make me more likely to get it.If i stop having sex now will i get it.Hoe is it received besides sexually.If i've had sex already is it too late to get the shot?things like that plz help(also i doubt my b/f has it because he has only had on partner besides me and only did it once and i just recently started having sex)


Answers:

HPV is VERY VERY VERY common. It's so common in fact that dogs get it. Every person on this planet will get HPV at one time or another...it just all depends on what kind of strand it is...most people get it but their body treats it like a virus (like it would a cold) and get rid of it. There are hundreds of strains of HPV but only a very slight few (few meaning maybe 3) cause cancer and only 2 of them cause gentile warts (which I'm waiting to get my tests back from my colposcopy last week...and I'm hoping I don't have this one). It is also VERY VERY rare that a man will develop cancer from HPV.

All strains of HPV are not sexually transmitted; HPV actually isn't a sexually transmitted anything; it does not pass to each other through the fluids of sex, it is on skin-to-skin contact. So let's say you don't have intercourse but you do other things...you don't have to have intercourse for you to get HPV. People get this confused...people also confuse the fact that HPV is not an STD, it is an STI (sexually transmitted infection), it is not a disease...I should know. About 3 weeks ago I tested positive for HPV and I have done more research on this everyday. Funny enough...the only website I have found to give me any kind of comfort was http://dictionary.com ...this is not weird. I just put in HPV and it came up with everything I wanted to know.

It is also not too late to take the shot but the shot does NOT stop you from getting HPV. The shot is to block the most dangerous strains....so it is good to take, to just make sure, but it does not stop you from getting HPV.

Since you have just started having sex, I think you'd be fine. But since you are now sexually active, you need to start going to a gyno (i.e. you want to be on birth control).




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