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Question: Yesterday i found out i am HPV postive i told my ex whom i was last with and sexually active with. He freaked out because he didnt know what it was. I am now doing some research about HPV and i have learned that guys wouldnt know because there are no tests to specify if they do or dont have HPV and that millions i mean millions of people have HPV and that sometimes you dont know especially if you dont get symptoms. How is it that women are more informed about this then guys! i mean really when i spoke to him he was being very ignorant with me, saying that how he could have given it to me when he has no symptoms. or has gotten tested for other STD's and has never gotten bad news. Well so have i and just now that i got pap i have HPV. i know i might not or might have gotten it from him but besides that. Since HPV is a big outbreak now. How come they dont talk about it. I use to hear about HPV but i never thought it was that bad. Some people dont even know about it at all.


Answers: Yesterday i found out i am HPV postive i told my ex whom i was last with and sexually active with. He freaked out because he didnt know what it was. I am now doing some research about HPV and i have learned that guys wouldnt know because there are no tests to specify if they do or dont have HPV and that millions i mean millions of people have HPV and that sometimes you dont know especially if you dont get symptoms. How is it that women are more informed about this then guys! i mean really when i spoke to him he was being very ignorant with me, saying that how he could have given it to me when he has no symptoms. or has gotten tested for other STD's and has never gotten bad news. Well so have i and just now that i got pap i have HPV. i know i might not or might have gotten it from him but besides that. Since HPV is a big outbreak now. How come they dont talk about it. I use to hear about HPV but i never thought it was that bad. Some people dont even know about it at all.

Since it is one of the few STDs that tend to go away on its own, it is rarely talked about. The fact that 80% of women by age 50 have HPV should give some serious warning signs, yet it is one of the least discussed.

I think the reason it is rarely discussed is that it goes away without treatment and most people don't have any symptoms or signs. Why would you care about a disease that never seems to effect you? (not knocking it... I think it is something that people SHOULD know about... just pointing out the obvious here)
And yes, it does lead to higher risk of cervical cancer, so it is important. But most men aren't going to even notice something that doesn't seem to effect them unless it is brought to their attention.

It is being talked about more, there are even commercials for the vaccine to prevent HPV.

HPV can give you warts, which both guys and girls can get. I think with a guy, if nothing is "dripping" he assumes everything is ok.

Apparently knowing about HPV leads to promiscuity... (sarcasm)

Many people don't have symptoms, so it doesn't get a lot of press... except lately now that there's a vaccine, so I have to say anyone who doesn't know about HPV today is probably uninformed in general.

My husband has HPV and he gave it to me. Men have tests that let them know that is how he found out. HPV is genital warts men are usually able to see them More often then women since the warts are on their cervix.


Also HPV can lead to cancer so make sure you get your yearly pap done.


I need to make an extra comment since someone said it goes away on its own. HPV does not go away and is uncurable. Once you have it you always have it. And just like Herpes you may not have a break out and you can still spread it.

I think it's because women suffer with it more. It stinks. I believe guys that have been very sexually active can transmit it to you. I know a guy that for years cheated on his wife, and she had only been with 2 men. Her ex husband, and then him. She aquired HPV. It's hard for me to believe that he had nothing to do with her getting that. Sadly, she got cervical cancer. She is better now though thank God.

men are so useless!!! i don't know what it is myself just wanted to send my love hope you stay well xx

People that don't know about it are just uninformed. Almost every girl I know gets screened for that regularly. If he didn't know about it, then he was just stupid. Most girls know more about it because it can cause cancer in women, but men don't face that problem from it.

in rare cases you can get it when your mother gives birth to you like mine did and I have scars from the warts...Pretty bad when you have to tell someone about especially since they think you lying...Guys just dont have alot of information about it and for some reason its portrayed as a disease only women get which isn't true. Unfortunatly it affects women alot more than men and people forget that there are 40 variations of the disease which only a few actually cause warts...Guys don't think to get tested for it because its not a widely known disease and few people know the implications of having it past the strains that lead to genital warts. Luckily sometimes HPV can clear up on its own (thank god) and last time I was tested I came up clean but I'll always have the scars as a reminder ><;; Look on the brighter side it isnt the death sentence that HIV and AIDS are...Be sure to see your gyno regularily because it can lead to cancer which if caught early you can have your life saved...

I'm sorry to hear about that, and I know that you said girls only but I felt compelled to answer. HPV is traceable for guys, there's a powder like substance that can be spread on the guy's you know to check for small outbreaks. Ask your doctor about it. Your ex probably doesn't want to believe it, but when or if it "pops up" he will be running to you about it. It's true that most people don't know that they have it. Regular STD testing for guys won't show HPV. Bottom line, be careful and always use protection (the rubber kind). Good Luck.

HPV causes cervical cancer..and men CAN have it but it has no effect on them at all, so they don't know they have it.

thats why ebri body neds used condon

Because only girls can get HPV .





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