I know HPV can be transmitted through oral sex, but what exactly does this mean?

Question

I had a guy preform unprotected oral sex on me. He found out he has a form of HPV, I know I need to get tested but how realistic is it I was infected? (We did not do anything else, I did not give him oral and I have heard it's harder to get the virus with oral sex - but still possible).
Does "Oral Sex" in this case mean you're more likely to get it if you're performing it on an infected person's genitals you're more likely to get it as the giver?

Answer 1

it seems like there would have to be an open soar or cut on your penis and be an exchange of bodily fluids

Answer 2

It doesn't really seem like anyone REALLY answered your question. They just gave you facts. I think the first girl was even talking about herpes. You don't get sores or cuts with HPV.

HPV is usually transmitted by sex, but you can get it from oral sex, even though it is more rare. If he had HPV chances of you getting it by him giving you oral sex are low. But, if you were to give him oral sex there is a good possibility you could get it from him. You can develop warts in the mouth and throat, although it is pretty rare.

Best thing to do is to go to your OBGYN and get a pap smear done. There really is no "test" like there are with other STDS. The only thing you can really do is get a pap smear, and keep getting them at least once a year. Abnormal cells can grow on your cervix and can become cancerous. Like the girls above said some kinds of HPV can cause cervical cancer and genital warts and more.

Good luck to you!

Answer 3

HPV has now been linked not only to cervical cancer but also to throat and mouth cancer because of those types of activities. Just go to your GYN every year to a pap smear, they also have a blood test now. There are different kinds of HPV (different strains) and some cause cancer (which can be caught early through PAPs) and some just cause irregular cells which have to be burned off. Talk to your health provider. Caught early, you can prevent cancer, that is why a PAP is so important. It can go undetected for years and come up unexpectedly even 15 years later.

Men are only carriers, that means they carry the virus but cannot get the cancer--yet. How they spread it is not fully understood yet, it is not like other STDs.

Take care.

Answer 4

The Human Papllioma Virus can even be transmitted by skin-to-skin contact, in addition to oral or vaginal sex. The symptoms of lesions or genital warts are the outward signs of infection...but the greater risk for women lies in the fact that cervical cancer is caused by this virus. Annual Pap Smear testing should reveal any danger of Cervical Cancer and there are treatments for the problems with the warts or leisons. You can contract the virus and it can lie dormant for years...becoming active and aggressive (if you don't suffer from break outs) by attacking the Cervic tissue. Usually those who break out are spared from the tendency to attack cervical tissue. (Odd, isn't it???)

HPV is a very common STD...the link to Cervical Cancer in women is just now being featured prominently in the media. Thank goodness!!! Several years ago, upon learning I was at risk for Cervical Cancer---after years of healthy Pap Smears and a 27 year monogomus sex life---I opted for a hysterectomy. It was unsettling to realize that (my husband's) sexual contact from the days of his youth could come back to haunt me in this way.

Moral of the story--- get tested. Have annual Pap Smears and be aware of the risks you face. One of the articles provided to me by my doctor's office even raised the point that "skin-to-skin friction could pass the virus." So the "heavy petting" some would wink at (in this day and time) carries risk of spreading HPV.

Answer 5

The surest way to eliminate risk for genital HPV infection is to refrain from any genital contact with another individual.

For those who choose to be sexually active, a long-term, mutually monogamous relationship with an uninfected partner is the strategy most likely to prevent future genital HPV infections. However, it is difficult to determine whether a partner who has been sexually active in the past is currently infected.

For those choosing to be sexually active and who are not in long-term mutually monogamous relationships, reducing the number of sexual partners and choosing a partner less likely to be infected may reduce the risk of genital HPV infection. Partners less likely to be infected include those who have had no or few prior sex partners.

HPV infection can occur in both male and female genital areas that are covered or protected by a latex condom, as well as in areas that are not covered. While the effect of condoms in preventing HPV infection is unknown, condom use has been associated with a lower rate of cervical cancer, an HPV-associated disease.

there is no test approved to detect HPV in men. However, there are ways to detect the most common problem caused by HPV in men, genital warts. Genital warts are usually diagnosed by visual inspection. Some health care providers may use a vinegar solution to help identify flat warts, although this test is not specific for warts. That means the test may falsely identify normal skin as a wart.
There are currently no tests approved to detect early evidence of HPV-associated cancers in men, as there are for women (Pap tests). Nonetheless, since anal cancer is more common in gay, bisexual, and HIV-positive men, some experts recommend routine anal Pap tests for those populations. The anal Pap test is used to find abnormal cells in the anus (caused by HPV) that could turn into cancer over time. However, it is not yet clear that finding and removing abnormal cells from the anus will effectively prevent anal cancer from developing in the future. CDC does not recommend anal cancer screening.
There is no treatment or cure for HPV. But there are ways to treat the health conditions associated with HPV in men, including genital warts, penile cancer and anal cancer.

Visible genital warts can be treated with medication, surgically removed, or frozen off. Some of these treatments can be applied by the patient, while others must be performed by a health care provider. No one treatment is best. Warts might return, especially in the first 3 months after treatment.

It is not known whether treatment of genital warts will reduce the chance of passing the virus on to a sex partner. If left untreated, genital warts may go away, remain unchanged, or increase in size or number. They will not turn into cancer. For these reasons, some individuals may choose not to get treated, but to see if the warts will disappear on their own.. yes you can have the hpv

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Answer 7

http://www.cdc.gov/std/HPV/STDFact-HPV-vaccine-hcp.htm