Hpv

[vegas_midnight]

i found out today that i have HPV. I was wondering if anyone could give me more information about it, like, will i carry it forever? and what does it do to men?

[darkblue]

 

 

 

[vegas_midnight]

Thank You!

[darkblue]

No problem.

If you have any more questions - don't hesitate to ask.

[venus777]

the kind that leads to cervical cancer can be prevented with condoms.

 

for most people cervical hpv will go away, maybe within a year. it causes problems when it DOESN'T go away....

 

so take folic acid supplements, eat healthy, don't smoke cigarettes or drink too much, basically try to keep your immune system up and you'll be fine.

 

i know lots about hpv, could tell you more if you need it, work in a colposcopy clinic where we look at cervixes after abnormal paps.

[venus777]

well, the thing about the condoms is contentious. the hpv external can't really be prevented with condoms, but my doctor told me that if you used condoms every time that you wouldn't get the cervical hpv.

 

but the hpv DOES resolve (the cervical kind). that's why it's possible for vaccines to exist, the body can mount it's own immune response to the virus.

thus, boosting the immune system is key, and folic acid is a promising supplement for such. or just lots of veggies and healthy food.

[venus777]

that's all new information, they didn't know before (about it going away). essentially saying you have hpv is like saying you have a belly button. there are differing statistics, but at LEAST 50% of all sexually active people get HPV at some point, it's just we don't care about it unless it causes a problem. very young women and older women are particularly susceptible to the virus, and treatment isn't any fun at all... but at least at this point cancer can be detected very early and prevented...

[darkblue]

well, the thing about the condoms is contentious. the hpv external can't really be prevented with condoms, but my doctor told me that if you used condoms every time that you wouldn't get the cervical hpv.

Maybe I am ill-informed, I don't know. But I thought that it was agreed that viruses are smaller than the pores of condoms - thereforeeee, having sex with a STD, which is a virus (not bacterial), even with condoms, is like playing Russian roulette.

[ghozt]

id be more worried were you got it from then if it will go away

[Hope75]

Well....

 

That may be true for some viruses, but for at least the HIV virus it is not-- condom use can prevent it.

[vegas_midnight]

I know where I got it from.

 

thanks for everyone's responses.

[venus777]

with hpv you can only know where you got it from if you only had sex with one person. it can take years for it to show up.

 

condom use according to my doctor can prevent cervical kind but not external kind. ANY STD can be spread if you are touching each other and yourselves, like herpes, chlamydia, gonorrhea, etcetera, so in that sense it isn't any different. Transmission of HPV is not really entirely understood or well studied at this point, if you notice lots of info you see will conflict.

 

but really, having hpv is not always serious and most people don't even know they have it! but since you are young, it's important to watch it very carefully, because young cervixes are more vulnerable...

[darkblue]

Well, reading up on the issue does not good. There are conflicting thoughts...

[vegas_midnight]

with hpv you can only know where you got it from if you only had sex with one person...

thats how i know.