I have HPV. Is this possible?!


Question: I have HPV. Is this possible?
My boyfriend just found out he has HPV and I might possibly have it too. We haven't been with anyone else well at least I know I haven't been with anyone but him my entire life. He did sleep with someone about a year ago before me. Is it possible that he could have gotten it from her and it just now pop up? Or is there any other way I could have gotten it besides sex?

Answers:

Genital HPV infections are very common. HPV is so common that about half of all men and more than 3 out of 4 women have HPV at some point in their lives. But most people who have HPV don't know it.

Most HPV infections have no harmful effect at all.
Some types of HPV may cause genital warts. These are called low-risk types of HPV.
Some types of HPV may cause cell changes that sometimes lead to cervical cancer and certain other genital and throat cancers. These are called high-risk types. This page discusses these high-risk types.
Although most HPV infections go away within 8 to 13 months, some will not. HPV infections that do not go away can "hide" in the body for years and not be detected. That's why it is impossible to know exactly when someone got infected, how long they've been infected, or who passed the infection to them.

http://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-topics/stds-hiv-safer-sex/hpv-4272.htm



i dont think you truly understand what this virus is perhaps you hsould both read this

http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/about-cance…



Yes it is possible he got it from the girl he was with years ago and it just popped up now. HPV can lay dormant (inactive) in the bodies for YEARS...

Nurse




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