can someone with hpv be cured with the vaccine?

Answer 1

Alexis,

If you do have HPV, let me just try to give you a little hope. The affects of HPV are highly variable from one person to another. Some people have one outbreak of warts and no other symptom. Some people never even get a wart. Unfortunately, there are a few people who have recurrent, difficult to treat warts. Also, if you have had problems with reoccurance, it doesn't mean you always will.

It's best to maintain the best general health you can. Eat right and exercise to keep your immune system strong. Practice good hygene because there is some evidence that irritation to sensitive tissues can give warts the foothold they need to reoccur. I don't believe in sex outside of marriage but if you have sex, practice safer sex by always using condoms. The ethical thing to do is share the information with a potential partner before having sexual contact. The concern is that even with condom use, all the tissues that carry HPV are not protected.

The majority of American women are already infected. You are not alone or an outcast.

The MOST important thing is that you always tell any doctors treating you that you have HPV. You must receive regular Pap tests so that if cervical cancer develops it can be treated early. HPV is no guarantee that you'll get cervical cancer so don't think that. But it is proven to increase your risk. The good news is that with prompt treatment cervical cancer can often be stopped before it gets started - at the dysplasia (abnormal cell changes) stage.

Take care.

Answer 2

There are many subtypes of HPV. Even if you have one or more subtype of HPV, you potentially can still be vaccinated against the ones you are not exposed to. The problem with HPV testing is that it doesn't identify the subtypes. It only puts you in a low risk vs high risk group. If you test positive for HPV, you can still get vaccinated and it will protect you from those HPV subtypes you are not exposed to yet. (or at least that is the theory)

If you have HPV, you either clear it with your own immune system or not don't clear it. The vaccine will not clear or cure pre-existing HPV infections.

I want to address stunning's comments. If you are infected with subtype 7 HPV and get vaccinated, you theoretically will get immunized against 6,11,16,18. The studies for people already infected with HPV and getting vaccinated is still in progress.
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-closer19jun19,1,7141330.story?coll=la-headlines-health

In the LA Times article, it said the following:
"Although the vaccine does not cure HPV, it may help people who have one type of HPV from being infected with the other strains. A test can determine whether women are infected with HPV but it does not specify which strains they have. Thus, infected women wouldn't know whether the vaccine, which protects against strains 16 and 18 (which cause the majority of cervical cancer cases), would still be useful.

However, Merck & Co., the maker of Gardasil, is studying the effectiveness of the vaccine in women up to age 45. And GlaxoSmithKline, which is also working on a cervical cancer vaccine, recently announced the results of a study on women ages 26 to 55 showing its vaccine confers immunity against HPV strains 16 and 18."

So, the jury is out still in regards to whether infected patients will derive any benefit from the vaccine but theoretically it should.

Alli's confusion is from the cited reference stating the following:" It is important to note that women already infected with the HPV virus will not benefit from the HPV vaccine and are at risk of developing cervical cancer within 15-25 years of infection." This is a true statement. If a person is infected with subtype 16 HPV, giving the vaccine will not cure or protect that person from HPV 16 and she may develope cervical cancer down the line. However, she again may benefit from being vaccinated against 6,11, and 18.

Ultimately, I think the vaccine will be and can be given to even people infected with HPV. I do not see a reference on why the HPV vaccine when given to a HPV infected person would increase their risk of developing cervical cancer. Even if you get the vaccine, regular gyn exams and pap smears are necessary.

Answer 3

No. According to recent empirical evidence, someone already infected with hpv should not take the vaccine, as the vaccine and the preexisting condition may contriubte to the development to a cancerous condition.

Answer 4

No vaccines are used to prevent getting a virus. If you already have the virus if will have no affect on you. There currently is no cure for HPV, you can only treat the symptoms.

They are mostly concerned with women getting the virus because they can develop cervical cancer. 300,000 women a year die from cervical cancer! It is treatable if you catch it in time. I have had cervical cancer from HPV and luckily got it treated in time.

Check out this site for more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hpv_vaccine

Answer 5

not if you already have it. You have take the vaccine when you are in your late teens early twenties to prevent from getting it,

Answer 6

vaccine's are to prevent...

no point in giving a kid that has already had chickenpox a vaccine

after you have it you have to use "aldara"
aldara teaches your body an immunity to the virus, thus enabling your body to fend off the cells in your blood that cause it to grow.

Answer 7

hpv vaccine only prevents the disease.Its not curative

Answer 8

no,hpv is the human papilloma virus which is also actually warts, and once it is in your system you can't get rid of it, it is also the main cause of cervical cancer

Answer 9

no, but it can help those who do not have it now

Answer 10

No! it is already in your system.