Male HPV tranmission question - Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Message Board

TemporaryName11 · 08-30-2005, 04:09 AM

I am being treated for genital warts. The female, who is no longer my partner, just had a LEEP procedure performed and thankfully was told she has clear margins. Anyway, she did not and does not have external symptoms of HPV. Unfortunately it appears the strain of HPV I carry can cause both warts AND cervical cancer. On an odd note, a different partner, the female who gave me the HPV, only had warts but no cervical dysplasia. (This confuses me, as my partner with the cervical dysplasia has ONLY been with me and no one else. I wonder why she does not have warts but cervical dysplasia?)

My real question is this: once all of my treated tissue is healed, and I am free of gentiral warts, can I still transmit HPV to new partners? I already understand the virus will be with me forever and must be vigilant in making sure the warts to not come back. I also will inform my future partners I carry HPV.

Any response would be appreciated!

TemporaryName11 · 08-30-2005, 11:35 AM

anyone? Some help would be nice :-)

Thisby · 08-30-2005, 04:33 PM

That's funny. I've always read that the strains of HPV known for causing cervical cancer are not the ones that cause genital warts. Which strain do you have? Did they really do DNA testing on it? (That's the only way to tell.)

And it is possible to have more than one strain.

About how it's transmitted, I'm really not sure, it seems that different sites (even government medical ones) tend to say different things. (e.g. I personally know a few little kids with warts on their hands or feet and they certainly didn't get it from sexual contact yet many sites make a blanket statement that all HPV is sexually transmitted.) It would be good to find out exactly how it's transmitted. Direct contact with a wart? (which means if you have none, you can't spread it, despite still having the virus). direct contact with any body fluid? Saying 'sexual contact' isn't specific enough...

As far as having the virus forever, I've also read that the virus usually leaves your body after about 2 years. People do not generally carry the virus forever.

TemporaryName11 · 08-31-2005, 05:24 AM

Thank you for responding! I do not know which strain I have; no DNA testing has been done, so perhaps I do have more than one strain.

I have carried the virus for much longer than 2 years, pushing 5 years now; although it did not show symptoms in the beginning. I am unsure when I did actually begin showing symptoms. It took the parnter above (who had the LEEP procedure performed) 3 1/2 years to go from normal paps to reactive, then within a few months into CIN III and right into cervical cancer.

Anyway, I have used condylox which has been largely ineffective - seems it only gives the warts an opportunity to resurface themselves. I am going to try cryotherapy this week. Let's hope it works! Otherwise... well, I don't want to think about otherwise.

DiscoDan · 08-31-2005, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by TemporaryName11

My real question is this: once all of my treated tissue is healed, and I am free of gentiral warts, can I still transmit HPV to new partners?

I can't believe anyone would already be that anxious about having sex again. Even if you told new partners about your diseases, haven't you realized that sex isn't just a good time now?