Genital warts?!

Genital warts?

i have recently had my first smear test, which came back slightly abnormal, 3 months later i then went for a colposcopy, i was told that i had internal gential warts, and that they would clear themselves in time. however shortly after this was confirmed by my doctor, my boyfriend also noticed that he had the same infection. this is something that has only recently come to light with both (noticeably in the 3 months between smear and colposcopy) as we have been checked in the past by a GUM doctor. we have been together 5 years and never had a problem with this infection, neither of us has been with anyone else since we met, but my boyfriend is now having doubts that i may have done something which i havent. what is the reason behind this problem only recently coming to light??

There is no way of telling who got the virus first. Either one of you could have had the virus for years and not have shown any symptoms until now. He could have infected you or you could have infected him. Have him read about the virus, the human papilloma virus, so that he knows the virus could have been dormant. 80% of sexually active people have HPV. Men are usually asymptomatic when it comes to STD's. Different people have different results with HPV. I was infected in the beginning of April and by the end of April, I had genital warts. The virus can lie dormant and sometimes people don't develop the warts at all, they just carry the virus. I hope this helps and good luck.