"This all dates back to two years ago when I had unprotected
intercourse with several people. Unfortunately, I did not listen to the
warnings, which most of us don't, and ended up paying the consequences."
If this sounds like something you would do or someone you know, you
might have HPV or be at high risk of getting it. HPV or Human Papilloma
Virus, "is one of the most common causes of sexually transmitted
infection (STI) in the world," according to the U.S Department of
Health and Services.
Many people get HPV and are not even aware of it, due to symptoms
varying from virtually nonexistent to large cancerous warts. Someone
can transfer them to a sexual partner, without knowing they have. This
happened to a friend of mine.
Like most young women, she wanted to be adventurous and live her
life, rebellious of her parents and friends' warnings. She was so fed
up with hearing about unwanted pregnacies, AIDS, Herpies, Siphilis,
ect. She just wanted to have fun and be loved.
She met the wrong guy.
He was her physical fitness trainer and she developed a girlish
crush on him. Never did she dream he would take advantage of that
crush, turning her life into a living Hell.
After a few weeks of getting to know each other, things heated up,
and they were partying together at his house regularly. He swept her
off her feet time and again. When she found out about the other women
she decided to have nothing more to do with him. Thinking he was no
more than a heart break, she was done.
Until her annual pap smear...
"My physician called and told me that the results showed high risk
pre-cancerous cells and a biopsy was needed to make sure there was no
cancer and so we would know what road to take. I stood there unable to
move and unable to reply with more than two words."
"A few weeks later the biopsy was done, and sure enough, I was
diagnosed with HPV and pre-cancerous cells. The next words the doctor
spoke made me want to faint, I had to have a Loop Electrosurgical
Excision Procedure (LEEP) surgery."
This is a procedure where a wire loop is attached to a machine and
the loop travels around the cervix, burning and pulling out deep
tissue. It does not sound like very much fun, and certainly not
anything people think about while deciding whether this is the right
time for sex or not.
This is my friend's story, and she wants this out in the open for two reason:
"Firstly, I want people with HPV to know they are not alone. Secondly, I want to raise awareness of unprotected sex."
So, if you or a friend is thinking or has had uunprotected sex,
maybe knowing your partner a little better, or preparing for safe sex
would make the aftermath a little less scary.
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I am a male who had protected sex with someone whom I used to be in love with. She unknowingly passed the HPV virus to me. I am 100% sure I caught it from her because she is the only person I've ever had sex with. The warts are visible around the pubic area, so it is a skin to skin passing virus. I have been trying to get rid of the warts and virus for about almost 3 years now by prescripted gels, solutions, and a freezing spray that my doctor has been recently treating me with. The warts go away quick, but I read that this is a life altering virus, so I almost feel like
"What's the point?" It's hard to feel optimistic with this disease.
M Bear says on 2009-01-20 20:08:43 about
I just found out that I have HPV. I have a boy friend and have been dateing him for 4 months. And we are sexually active. And we have always used condoms. I do not have genital warts. Is is possible that he has is to?
M Bear says on 2009-01-20 20:08:07 about
I just found out that I have HPV. I have a boy friend and have been dateing him for 4 months. And we are sexually active. And we have always used condoms. I do have genital warts. Is is possible that he has is to?
angel says on 2008-09-03 03:44:24 about hpv
hi,i just found out rcently i have hpv,until going on the internet i didnt know it was sexually transmitted/skin to skin contact spread.I'm feeling very down over it,in my country they only give pap tests every 5 years, my last one was clear, since then i've had 5 sexual partners over that period of time, i am a gay woman and would have concidered myself careful during sex but oviously i wasnt careful enough,should i go back to each of the women i've slept with and explain my case and then it's up to them to go for a pap smear test,you see 'some' lesbians seem to feel they don't need a pap test but the fact is we do, i got it from one of these women and i'd hate to think of it harming anyone of them further (i.e cervical cancer) if they dont know they have it or for it to get passed onto more women,i am with a beautiful woman now and hope i havent given it to her or her to me,so down over this,feeling guilty,wondering can the virus be cured from the body totally......
dani says on 2008-03-17 11:57:25 about hpv
Yes hpv is mostly transmitted my sexual orientation but also my oral sex too. Not all
cases of HPV is a result of being seual active.
You can not even have sex and contract HPV.
Hpv is transmitted from skin to skin
Donna says on 2006-04-20 08:21:19 about HPV
While HPV is certainly something to be considered, even condom use does NOT protect against HPV because it is spread from skin-to-skin contact, not from body fluids. 80% of women in the US will have HPV at some point in their lives; for 95% of them they will not even know it. Diligent attention to pap smears is a woman's best defense against cervical cancer; if a pre-cancerous lesion is found, normally a simple LEEP or cone biopsy procedure will be able to remove the bad cells, leave the good ones behind, and make it so that the cervix heals and everything is fine. Also, the virus usually clears itself within two years; it is the 1.5% of women with a persistent infection that have the problem. This is not to minimize the importance of safe sex, nor to downplay the risks of cervical cancer, but let's not scare ourselves to death either. Sensationalism doesn't do anyone any favors.
KP says on 2006-04-18 22:13:43 about
To DaSwan - exactly what I was thinking! Well put too. I knew I had to write in when I saw the term 'cancerous wart'.
And HPV need not be "life-altering" . Unless it turns into cervical cancer, there are tons of people living with this std and it does not affect their daily lives.
Krista says on 2006-04-18 22:01:05 about HPV
I read your Article on HPV, your friends story, but you can get HPV even if you have Unprotected Sex, yes it does help to use protection and you always should if you are not only with one person. Plus if her test result came back pre cancerous in her yearly pap it could have been from someone else before, just like the DaSwan said it can take years or months. Either way if you don't like the person that much or you don't see it going somewhere what is the point of just sleeping with someone and risking being infected with HPV or Aids or any other STD/STI. I am only saying all this because I know I did that and it only got me HPV. It wasn't worth it. So if you have HPV adn you know tell the person you are goign to sleep with they have a right to know.
DaSwan says on 2006-04-18 19:28:37 about Wrong info
This 'article' is good, but there is some misinformation. Protected sex will not protect you from skin-to-skin STIs like herpes or HPV. Visable warts are not pre-cancerous or cancerous. It's the nonvisable types that lead to cervical cancer. There are no visible symptoms on men for these high-risk HPV strains. There's no way of knowing exactly when HPV in contracted and so no way of knowing exactly who gave it to you. It can take weeks or months (and possibly years) for symptoms to show. Maybe the trainer did it, but maybe not. Stress is a big factor.
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