Am I Goinq To Have HPV For The Rest Of My Life?!


Question: Am I Goinq To Have HPV For The Rest Of My Life?
WILL I EVER BE ABLE TO HAVE ANOTHER BABY., HOW DO I EXPLAIN IT TO MY FAMILY.. CAN I SPREAD IT TO MY KIDS.. WILL I DEVELOP WARTS.... I FEEL SICK TO STOMACH AND CRYING BECAUSE I DNT KNOW IF I HAVE HAD IT FOR A WHILE OR IF MY NEW BF GAVE IT TO ME W/O HIM KNOWING HE HAD IT.. I DNT WANT TO START POINTING FINGERS AND I DNT WANT THIS RELATIONSHIP TO GO OUT THE DOOR.. I WANT HIM TO KNOW I JST DNT KNOW HOW TO SAY WE ARE INFECTED WITH OUT HIM THINKING I STEPED OUTSIDE OF OUR RELATIONSHIP... I REALLY FEEL LIKE DYING RITE NOW!!!

Answers:

Typically it does not affect the unborn baby (link below to prove it), but you definitely want to work with your doctor on this.
I know things, though, that you probably are not prepared to find out. Like, that after decades, you can come back with cervical cancer. For your sake, ask your doctor to have you properly tested for other STDs you might not be aware of. (Some cause infertility and / or PID.)
Here's the worst: my husband might have throat cancer. What does that have to do with HPV? You don't want to know, but you need to. My HPV might have caused it! And we've been monogamous for 23 years!
A lot of men are simply carriers. He may never get warts or other signs, but he can infect other women now. He should probably be aware of that, b4 he decides to cheat sometime down the road.
They say that not all forms of HPV cause cancer, and I'm sure they know what they're talking about. All I know is, when I was 19 I got HPV vaginal warts, had premature cancerous cells via pap smear, had laser surgery to remove them, was fine for many years, until last year, when suddenly they're saying, "We have to pray it's localized." (For me, it was. For many, it isn't.)
This is a long-lasting STD that will hide itself but not go away. I'm so sorry! I didn't want to come in here and sugar-coat it, even though I KNOW how bad you're feeling. You NEED to know the truth.
Also, if you have a daughter, get her vaccinated as soon as she's able (I think somewhere around age 10? You'd have to check.)
After saying all these terrible things, let me just say that it sounds like you were caught early. Ask your doctor what TYPE of HPV you have, since some are wart-type, while some are cancer-type. Tell him/her to give you all the facts, that you don't want to go around half-blind on this. But honestly, I don't expect you to give it to your unborn children, and you definitely won't give it to your already-born ones. It's an STD for a reason-- that's how it's gotten.
And hon, instead of thinking about that it was from stepping outside the marriage, were you both virgins when you married? If so, THEN someone stepped outside the marriage. BUT if you weren't, either of you could have been the original carrier. Like I said, men often don't show signs, and either way, even women won't know it for a good, long time sometimes. I had no idea how or when I got mine! It's just a terrible disease. Always talk with your kids about abstinence, and let them know there's no such thing as safe sex, other than a pure, faithful marriage. Talk with your young children about never giving away their first kiss. It's a good way to explain purity. There's even books at the Christina book store about this. There's a princess one for girls and a knight one for boys. It comes across like a fairy tale, but when it matters, they'll understand.
God bless you. It will be all right. But you need to learn all you can about this life-long disease.

Edit: I forgot to give you the link--

http://www.webmd.com/sexual-conditions/h…



Once you have gotten HPV you will have it for the rest of your life.

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It's very scary to be diagnosed with HPV and I can appreciate how badly you feel but you will probably not have HPV for the rest of your life. CDC (Center for Disease Control) says that 90% of people who have HPV will clear the virus within two years.

If you are pregnant there is a small risk that your infant could contract the virus, however again, the infant is likely to clear the virus within a few years.

Will you develop warts? I'm presuming that you had an internal exam by a medical practitioner who told you that you have HPV. If so, then you do have papilloma (wart/s). They can be removed by various methods.

If you have found out because you had an abnormal pap smear, and the results indicate HPV then you most likely do not have warts or your practitioner would have explained that they would need to be dealt with. In this case you have the virus and probably will not develop visible papilloma.

Neither of you will know who "started it" unless one has multiple partners and the other only has one (in this case you or he). At any rate, HPV is very common, and treatable, and if you've been having sex before, there's no advantage in stopping now.

If you have been told you have HPV from a pap smear ask if it is one of the strains that can lead to cervical cancer (there are 3 common strains that can, a few uncommon ones) and dozens that do not increase cervical cancer risk.

If you are told that you have one of the strains that increases Cervical cancer risk, your practitioner will want you to return periodically for an exam to make sure you do not show cellular changes indicative of high risk, and if you do, so that can be treated to protect you.

Know this: For women who are infected with one of the virulent (higher cervical cancer risk) strains, smoking GREATLY increases cancer risk. This would be a very good reason to quit if that is the case.

It will be difficult for you to explain this to him, but you must--and if he's worth it, he'll be supportive, but be prepared for some emotional upheaval (which you are experiencing now). Read up on the seven stages of grief--that will help you, and help you help him. Really!

http://www.cdc.gov/std/hpv/stdfact-hpv.htm

http://www.recover-from-grief.com/7-stages-of-grief.html

http://www.webmd.com/sexual-conditions/hpv-pregnancy




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