WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for September, 2007: Re: STD: HPV help

Re: STD: HPV help

From: Pat Sonnenstuhl (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:55:52 -0500 (CDT)

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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: >
>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

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