WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for February, 1999: Re: Just diagnosed, and devistated

Re: Just diagnosed, and devistated

From: Tracy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 5 Feb 1999 16:33:51 -0600 (CST)

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At Fri, 5 Feb 1999, Beth wrote: >
>Yesterday I had a LEEP procedure done for what the doctor originally
>said was precancerous cells. Before the procedure, he told me that the
>lab reported the cause of the precancerous cells was HPV. He told me it
>is a sexually transmitted disease. After I scraped my jaw off the
>floor, I told him that NEITHER my husband of 27 years nor I have ever
>been unfaithful to each other. He said that there are other ways to get
>this virus, but didn't explain. This whole thing is devistating me. I
>can't think of anything else. How long can the virus lay dormant--years
>(how many), weeks, days? And just how could I have gotten this if it is
>a STD and I don't fit the profile?

This can be transmitted during chilbirth, which is not mentioned below, hope this helps.

This is what I found(answers from 1 site, 1 doctor):

HPV, the wart virus, has been found in the vaginas of young girls who have never had sex. It has been shown to be transmissable to people using a massage table. HPV, the herpes virus, is routinely transmitted nonsexually from parent to child, and is probably transmitted through toilet seats or other inanimate objects.

There is no question that most HPV infections on the cervix, and most cervical dyplasia, are sexually transmitted. Women who have never been sexually active are less likely to have dysplasia or cervical cancer than women with many partners. But there are always exceptions, and you are obviously one of them. The HPV virus clearly can be transmitted through inanimate objects. How otherwise do we get warts on the soles of our feet, or on our fingers as children? It is also a virus that can persist for long periods of time in normal skin -- perhaps for our entire lifetime.

Could you catch genital warts simply by being touched on your genitals by your boyfriend, without sexual intercourse? The answer is yes, warts are common on the fingers and may be so small that you don't know you have them. Warts can be transmitted to any skin surface or mucous membrane.

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Tracy L. Trull
Editorial Assistant, International Coordinator, OBGYN.net
http://www.obgyn.net/women/bios/trull.htm
tracy.trull@obgyn.net

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