cpvon
06-05-2001, 07:54 AM
Ladies, please share your experiences of what genital warts is like for you. I can't imagine always having protected sex with someone I love who has them. I had a complete hysterectomy so I don't have to worry about the cervix, etc. Do they grow on the vaginal walls? Labia? Please share your experiences. Thanks.
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sdp
06-05-2001, 03:48 PM
My wife and I have HPV but have been wart free for 12 years. I believe that if the lesions/warts are thoroughly treated and your immune system supresses the virus, your risks of aquiring the virus are much reduced. Here is some info that someone posted on another site:
Will I be contagious after I am treated?
That depends on two things—how successful the treatment is in getting rid of the HPV lesions, and how successful one’s immunity is in suppressing HPV still present.
Most people treated for external warts do not have complete resolution with one, or often, several treatments. That is because most treatments destroy the HPV lesions but cannot eliminate any HPV in surrounding normal skin. Until immunity responds to suppress remaining HPV, new lesions may appear.
Once no further HPV lesions can be found, and no new lesions appear during the subsequent months, the chance of shedding enough HPV to be contagious dramatically falls. While it is impossible to tell anyone exactly when they have little-to-no chance of passing HPV to a partner, as months go by with no lesions found (especially if none are found by a skilled clinician), the possibility of being contagious is likely to be increasingly remote even if the virus remains in a latent state.
The inability to be 100% sure that one is no longer contagious should foster honesty whenever a new relationship begins. This should be tempered with the fact that most people are exposed to this virus during their life, and that, for most, this virus does not usually cause great harm.
The quote was copied from this link:
http://www.arhp.org/CervicalCancerInsert/cervical_cancer_insert.htm
Will I be contagious after I am treated?
That depends on two things—how successful the treatment is in getting rid of the HPV lesions, and how successful one’s immunity is in suppressing HPV still present.
Most people treated for external warts do not have complete resolution with one, or often, several treatments. That is because most treatments destroy the HPV lesions but cannot eliminate any HPV in surrounding normal skin. Until immunity responds to suppress remaining HPV, new lesions may appear.
Once no further HPV lesions can be found, and no new lesions appear during the subsequent months, the chance of shedding enough HPV to be contagious dramatically falls. While it is impossible to tell anyone exactly when they have little-to-no chance of passing HPV to a partner, as months go by with no lesions found (especially if none are found by a skilled clinician), the possibility of being contagious is likely to be increasingly remote even if the virus remains in a latent state.
The inability to be 100% sure that one is no longer contagious should foster honesty whenever a new relationship begins. This should be tempered with the fact that most people are exposed to this virus during their life, and that, for most, this virus does not usually cause great harm.
The quote was copied from this link:
http://www.arhp.org/CervicalCancerInsert/cervical_cancer_insert.htm