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Re: STD: HPV help
From: Anita (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:41:23 -0500 (CDT)
Thank you for your response...but I still would like to know if there is
any harm in continuing to have sex with my HPV infected partner, after I
treat my symptoms of the HPV (warts)?
At Wed, 26 Sep 2007, Pat Sonnenstuhl wrote:
>
>Your email raises some interesting points. Here is my perspective:
>HPV is a type of virus that can be silent. In other words, you might
>not see it and it gets transferred mainly sexually, but there is also an
>association with throat cancer, and even during pregnancy/birth,
>transferring to the next generation. And of course, an association with
>cervical cancer. Prevention is challenging, and thus the push for the
>HPV vaccine. It is hard to say where you got the virus initially, but
>such virus's are pretty common, and difficult to get rid of in the long
>term, if ever.
>
>Your partner might not know of ever being exposed, and it just isn't
>helpful to try to determine where it started. What is important is to
>prevent the spread. Condoms help, certainly. Certain strains are
>associated with cancer, while other strains aren't.
>
>I know, its a tricky one. I think it can also be spread through skin,
>such as fingers. So, it is hard to know how to prevent the spread once
>its been identified....
>
>At Wed, 26 Sep 2007, Anita wrote:
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>>I keep hearing contradictory things about the spreading of HPV and I
>>need help. I recently discovered that I have HPV, the symptoms being
>>warts around my rectum and between my rectum and vagina. My current
>>boyfriend of 7 months has no knowledge of ever having HPV and he hasn't
>>seen any symptoms of it. Because I have it (and because I haven't had
>>any other sex partner besides him in 19 months ), I can assume that my
>>current boyfriend must have the virus, also, correct? And after I get my
>>warts treated, will I continue to get warts from my boyfriend? I am
>>concerned because this relationship is important to me, but I don't want
>>to have to get treated for warts repeatedly throughout our relationship
>>because of him. I'm not sure about the effectiveness of condoms in
>>preventing HPV infection, but it is irrelevant anyway because my
>>boyfriend will not wear a condom.
>
>--
>Pat Sonnenstuhl, CNM, CHT
>
>Hypnosis for Healing and HypnoFertility Therapy
>http://home.comcast.net/~prebirthhealth/hypnosisforhealing.htm
>http://home.comcast.net/~prebirthhealth/birthcounseling.htm
>
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