Let's say you've been married for ten years. You have an abnormal pap smear, which is attributed to HPV (no warts involved). Could the infection have possibly been contracted more than ten + years ago?
2006-09-16 11:37:55 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Women's Health
I was talking to a friend of mine about the HPV aspect of things and she was telling me that if I have the abnormal cells, or lesion removed that it would eventually keep coming back and keep causing problems until the HPV is out of my and my boyfriend's systems. We have been together for over three years and there has been no one else during that time, but I was told by my doc that some HPV strains can be dormant for over 10-30 years before they show up in any tests. So basically I don't know if my boyfriend even has anything to do with the HPV.
Does anyone have experience with this issue? I don't know what to do about it because clearly condoms don't prevent HPV and my friend has really freaked me out about it coming back as long as my boyfriend and I continue to have sex.
I know that I should have the abnormal cells removed and I'm going to, but part of me feels like it's just going to be the beginning of a horrible cycle if it really does keep coming back.
2006-09-16 11:58:50 · answer #1 · answered by god knows and sees else Yahoo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-07 03:09:18 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The usual incubation period for genital warts is in the order of one to eight months,The average is period is three months. The hpv incubation period varies in women and is frequently diagnosed with a colposcopy after a Pap smear. however, much longer incubation periods have been reported and are probably not that unsusual (may even remain dormant for years…). Given the extremely variable incubation period, it is difficult to determine the time of infection and the partner responsible for your warts.
Some individuals can contract the virus and not show any signs of condyloma (warts) and still transmit the virus.Some strains of Human Papilloma viruses are related to genital cancers.
2006-09-16 11:59:43 · answer #3 · answered by aky m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HIV is never dormant, it begins attacking your immune system as soon as a person is infected. However, the time that it takes to reach the point where symptoms of immunodeficiency appear varies. On average a person with untreated HIV will develop AIDS by about a decade later, but sometimes it's just a couple years, and sometimes it's over a decade. If you're concerned about past HIV exposure, get a test.
2016-03-17 21:58:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can lay dormant indefinitely. Unfortunately the virus may or may not manifest itself in visible warts... sometimes they are small and not visible. Regardless I would inform your current partner of the situation and educate yourselves together.
2006-09-16 13:14:56 · answer #5 · answered by Corey R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
absolutely!! Thats why you need to have pap smears every year.
2006-09-16 15:22:15 · answer #6 · answered by fit4life 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋