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Old 08-12-2004, 03:36 PM   #1
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whats so bad about hpv??

can somebody tell me what the big deal is? I dont want to sound stupid, but from a male point of view ( i realise females have a chance of cancer with it) what is the big deal about hpv? I see people getting so upset about it. The worst case scenario is some warts appear on your penis, you take medicine/freeze them, whatever , and they go away. Yea, so you will have the virus forever, but there are no other symptoms of it? Or am i missing something? This is a serious question, I'm not trying to start a fight here, but i just found out I have it and this is what I am trying to figure out. thanks

 
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Old 08-12-2004, 04:44 PM   #2
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Re: whats so bad about hpv??

for some it's just a hard thing to accept. it's scary to think you have a virus in you that you will never be rid of, and you will always have to tell your partners about it so that they can decide if they want to be sexually active with you or not, and a lot of the time it leads to rejection. i think it's more of an emotional thing than physical. i know a few people who've only been with 1 or 2 people and have contracted it...though they have not been premiscuous or anything like that, they still feel dirty and wonder "why me?" all the time.

for me it sucks because when i get them, i get lots of them...they seem to come in packs on me. i just had my first laser removal on monday, and i've had some minor pain and bleeding as a result. i really REALLY hope i don't have to have this surgery on a regular basis for the rest of my life. surgery, meds, etc gets to be pretty expensive.

that's just my 2 cents on the matter. like i said, i think it's more of an emotional feeling and how it makes you feel about yourself and what others think of you (though you may not be premiscuous, others may tend to judge you as "dirty"), than it is a physical thing (though they can get to be pretty uncomfortable).

 
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Re: whats so bad about hpv??

yea i guess so. But could you tell me how many times have you had them appear? I just got it about a month ago, im using some medicine the doc gave me, but from what i read i seems like they may appear just once and thats it never come back. The only thing i see that would be a problem are the bumps, which really are just cosmetic more then anything not painfull or uncomfortable.

 
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Re: whats so bad about hpv??

well, mine appeared for the first time about 2 months ago. within about 3 weeks it went from 1 or 2 to about 5 or 6. when i went to the bathroom, i could see a little blood on the toilet paper and it hurt a little. i had the surgery monday and i've been told that getting rid of the warts and lasering any areas that warts may eventually appear in (she applied acid to areas in my genitals and any area that turned up white was infected) should reduce my chances of getting anymore. however, i've been told that there is always a possibility that any time in the future (1 month to 100 years) more warts could appear. anyone with hpv always has a chance of getting more warts.

 
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Re: whats so bad about hpv??

^What do the warts look like? Im a male and I was diagnosed with Prostitis, recently, heard rumors about HPV beein' a factor when it comes to prostate infections and what not. I never seen any warts on my penis, or around my anus. Symptoms?

 
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