Re: HPV

[Guest guest]

Hi All

I have HPV, apparently just the abnormal cells on my cervix, no other

symptoms, can I pass this onto a partner?, should one be using a condom to

prevent transmission, I am in a bit of a state, please advise

Thanks

Mandy

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In a message dated 12/3/03 3:25:25 PM, VulvarDisorders writes:

<< Thats an awful lot of the population with HPV! Sounds like we have a very

sexually careless country >>

HPV is classified as a std, but only because that's one of the easiest ways

to come into contact with it. There is no way to guard against it. If you

played doctor with a little boy when you were three years old, you could have

picked it up. If you went swimming at age seven with your girl friend, forgot

your towel and used hers to dry off when you changed out of your swimsuit - you

could have picked hpv up from her. This is a virus that is passed on as

easily as the common cold. You do not have to be careless about anything. You

don't have to have a penis anywhere near you to get hpv or be involved in a

sexual act.

HPV is like the a cold virus. You can be in a room full of sick people with

colds and never get a sniffle - for whatever reason, the virus just doesn't

become active in you. HPV is the same way. It would probably be difficult to

find someone on this planet that doesn't carry a strain of hpv. For most

people, hpv stays dormant. But sometimes the immune system is compromised and

then

it becomes active. Unless it's one of four strains that cause warts - you'll

probably never know it became active. And if the warts are inside of your

vagina - you may never know about them. After awhile, hp will become dormant

again. A lot like a cold. You can have people sneezing on you all day, but

unless your immune system is down - you may not catch the cold from them. And

if

you do catch the cold, it'll stay around for awhile and then leave when it's

ready.

If you are going to lead a life that doesn't keep you protected in a bubble,

then you probably have a strain or two of hpv. Even if you're eleven years

old and have never even kissed a boy.

Debbie

Tiger

" And Staples Girls are so extraaaaaavagant...I just don't have that much

driiiiivvvvvvel... " - Alan, 2/12/03

[Guest guest]

Yeah, and condoms don't stop it either, unless it's a full-body condom, and the

only one of those I ever saw was on Neilson.

" Safe sex " as we all think of it (i.e. using a condom) isn't really safe against

some of the viral STDs. That's life, I guess. So many

people have HPV that it's almost weird to think of it as an STD. especially

since it doesn't really cause any " disease " at all in most

everyone who has it. Just hearing " STD " freaks people out.

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 2/11/04 12:54:50 AM, VulvarDisorders

writes:

<< HPV is genital warts right? >>

No, there are over 60 viral strains of HPV. Only a few result in warts.

Very few women report pain from HPV, regardless if they have a strain that

results in warts or not.

Debbie

Tiger

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In a message dated 2/11/04 6:21:38 AM, VulvarDisorders writes:

<< Plantar warts (on the bottom of the feet) cause a lot of pain. I would

assume

that any kind of wart which is irritated continuously would be the source of

pain.

Plantar warts are caused by the HPV virus. >>

Hi Ora,

I thought we were talking about genital HPV viruses, not warts elsewhere on

the body in other types of tissue. HPV viruses in the genital area (whether

it's one that results in warts or not) generally is not painful. Very few women

report pain, but some women may find an HPV virus painful. If one is having

vulvar pain, it's unlikely it's HPV. Although, it is something one may want

to check into if one has other symptoms of HPV - warts or a abnormal pap smear.

Debbie

Tiger