A girl I was seeing told me she had HPV. But at a recent checkup the doctor said that she was "clean and non-transmittable." Does this mean she's as good as cured? If not, should a condom be sufficient protection? Is contact with visible warts necessary for transmission? Is oral sex in either direction safe from HPV? Authoritative answers only, please. With source, if possible. No guesses.
2006-09-18 20:32:30 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
There is no cure for HPV, but most people are able to get rid of it on their own. So, technically it does mean she is good as cured even though her body was able to get rid of it.
Condoms are not 100% effective especially with STDs that are transmitted by direct skin to skin contact like herpes and HPV. HPV can be spread by direct skin to skin contact with the area (like genital warts, hand or feet warts). Some warts are so small or are inside the vagina that it is really hard to see them. So, a person might not think they have warts but they really do and are able to spread HPV.
As far as oral sex. If she has HPV, and has genital warts it is possible for a person to develop warts in their mouth if they were to give her oral sex. This is REALLY rare.
I have personally had HPV for over 5 years. I have had both genital warts and cervical cancer from it. I also passed it to my fiance (boyfriend at the time) when I had no signs or symptoms of the virus (he knew I had it, so he knew the risks). We also give each other oral sex and neither of us has ever had warts in our mouths.
http://www.cdc.gov/std/HPV/STDFact-HPV.htm#cure
2006-09-18 23:50:21 · answer #1 · answered by Alli 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I had heard about these. I picked up a card with them on at the Temple bookshop. And sorry, you guys, but unfortunately I don't think they're that good a witnessing tool. Many of the references are good, but some of them are a bit tenuous, some are open to interpretation, etc. I know it's no fun when a member disagrees with you, and I should be supporting the home team, but I remember being all excited seeing this card, then getting home, looking up the verses and thinking that it wasn't that strong an argument. There is far better scriptural evidence that this is the true church, and evidence elsewhere too. I love "Are Mormons Christians" by Stephen Robinson - I wish every anti-Mormon on here would read it. I do think 1 Corinthians 15:29 is evidence that the church is true, though. It demonstrates that baptism for the dead was practiced only 40 years after Christ's resurrection - but there is only one church on the Earth today still practising it.
2016-03-27 08:37:37 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ALWAYS use a condom. There are never any guarantees that practicing this type of "safe sex" will not transmit the disease. HPV is a virus, its NOT curable.
People can be infected, show no visible signs of the disease and still pass it on to someone else. If you have sex with a person that is infected with ANY STD, there is no guarantee that you will not be infected.
Do not listen to people that tell you HPV can be "cured." People who show visible signs of the infection can be treated and those visible signs go away. This does not mean they have been cured.
2006-09-19 18:20:40 · answer #3 · answered by wvbtmhuntington 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know from experience that it does "go away" and no matter if it is gone and I have no signs of it.. it is still there. You get HPV from contact, so even if you had a condom on you could still get it.. I dont know what strain she had.. there are hundreds of different ones! I didn't have warts.. I had abnormal paps and a procedure done and now I am fine. Good luck, at least you are both open and honest with one another!! There is even a chance you have it already or are a carrier and have no idea!! That is the case whith most men.. the only time men know they have it is because of warts! It is a very very scary disease!!
2006-09-19 08:40:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"There is no "cure" for HPV infection, although in most women the infection goes away on its own. The treatments provided are directed to the changes in the skin or mucous membrane caused by HPV infection, such as warts and pre-cancerous changes in the cervix." - taken from the link I gave below.
2006-09-18 20:41:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
HPV is incurable just like HIV or Herpes. There is treatment for them, but no cure, and definitely always a possibility of transmitting the virus. Please be safe, not sorry!
2006-09-19 16:19:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, it means she's temporarily not breaking out, not cured. a condom may work, probably will work, but might not. you want to risk getting a disease that keep coming back like the energizer bunny?
2006-09-18 20:34:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Go here:
http://tell-someone.hpv.com/index.html
2006-09-18 20:54:53 · answer #8 · answered by spookykid313 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.health-science-report.com/
Go here everything you need to know
2006-09-18 20:42:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋