I recently got diagnosed with warts and my g/f has as well. one of us must have infected the other with HPV, it's unclear. since we got the same HPV strain, after the wart symptoms go away, will we continue to give each other more warts by having sex? I'm confused about the whole thing. also, since most HPV clears within about 2 years, will the warts no longer come back after that?
You and your partner will not ping pong the virus back and forth.
Sometimes wart will return in the first year of acquiring the virus..re-occurrence of warts are common in the first few months after treatment.
Yes in a year or two both will most probably build immunity to your shared HPV type. most people do not have a re-occurs of the vurs…but some do…the immune system plays an important role in the regression of the virus….sometimes due to a weakening of the immune system…illness or other disorder the virus may re-occur even years after the inital infection was acquired.
Condoms help in the regression of the virus for both the male and the female…condoms aid in the healing of the cervix and conodms reduce viral load.
Building immunity to one HPV type doesn't mean that you have immutably to all 40 genital HPV types…we can acquire new HPV types with a new sex partner.
During sexual activity, tiny scrapes and tears occur in the skin and mucous membranes permitting the virus to enter the area. The virus can also invade intact skin. The cell then sheds new viral particles which infect other cells. It can take months or years for the virus to cause warts or changes in the Pap smear.
When one partner has HPV lesions caused by a particular virus type, it is most likely that the other partner shares the same virus type, although this is often impossible to prove. Several studies indicate that "shared HPV" does not "ping-pong" back and forth. There is evidence that using condoms may decrease the viral exposure and speed the clearance of HPV related disease. The decreased viral load may allow the individual's own immune system a better chance of eliminating the virus.
Most people treated for external warts do not have complete resolution even after several treatments. that is because most treatments destroy the HPV lesions but cannot eliminate any HPV in surrounding apparently normal skin. until the individual's immune system responds and suppresses the remaining HPV, new lesions may appear.
Whether an immune mediated regression clears that HPV type from the body completely, or just suppresses it to the point where it is not likely to be contagious nor cause HPV-induced disease in the future is not known for sure
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Ok…I'm no expert here on HPV but I have seen information that says it could lead to some types of Cervical Cancer later in life. Your best bet is to ask your Doctor to confirm this. I watch movies on Hulu.com and I seen this in one of their commercials…Do a Google search!!! That's what I always do when I have questions. good luck to you!!!
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