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Re: GYNECOLOGIC: Vaginal Opening appearing to be closing? Please help
From: Kobi (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:03:10 -0500 (CDT)
If this is HPV, how long can the actual latency period be before genital
warts appear? My research so far has only stated that it could be
"several weeks or several years"? Could I have contracted this over a
decade ago and it has remained latent in my system, without symptoms,
but brought on, say, by a lowered immune system, childbirth, etc.? Or,
am I likely dealing with the fact that I have contracted it more
frequently, only wasn't aware of it (e.g. from my husband)? Also, given
that men more typically don't show symptoms (as far as I know), is it
possible that my husband contracted it and passed it on to me? Is the
latency period about the same for men and women? Thank-you, again, for
your help.
At Mon, 24 Mar 2008, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>
>Yes, I have seen them in clusters. They look like small cauliflowers,
>and can get to be quite large. Aggravated by infections. I don't know
>what the others would suggest, and it will depend upon what the gyn will
>do. I would call and try to get an earlier appointment. Tell them they
>have been growing quite quickly, and that you are concerned. Either HPV
>needs to be diagnosed, or a biopsy needs to be done.
>The ABX won't do anything if its HPV. HPV is a virus.
>
>>If it is, indeed HPV, do they form really large clusters? Like, I'm
>>talking larger than the size of a quarter - inside the vagina? The
>>extent of it is such that I don't seem to be able to keep a tampon in.
>>My GP made a referral to a gyno only (didn't give me a cream or
>>anything), but she did give me a script for antibiotics which I will
>>begin today. Unfortunately, I can't get an appointment with the gyno
>>until the end of May. Until such time, I'm not sure what my GP can do.
>>Given this information, has it been your experience that, the more
>>extensive the clusters, the more likely they are to "laser" them? If
>>they do, how exactly is that done when they are internal?
>
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