i just found out i have hpv genitally but i havent cheated on my boyfriend and he sayz he hasnt cheated on me.
is he lying to me or could it be from a girl he was with before me?
2006-10-12 14:36:49 · 7 answers · asked by JluvzD 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
here's this myth buster i found on a website.
3. Myth: In a monogamous relationship, an HPV diagnosis means someone has cheated.
This myth has been responsible for a great deal of anger, confusion, and heartache. It has led many people to tragically wrong conclusions because it fails to take into account one of the most mysterious aspects of genital HPV: its ability to lie latent.
The virus can remain in the body for weeks, years, or even a lifetime, giving no sign of its presence. Or a genital HPV infection may produce warts, lesions, or cervical abnormalities after a latent period of months or even years.
As mentioned above, most people who are infected with genital HPV never know it; their virus does not call attention to itself in any way. In most cases, a person is diagnosed with HPV only because some troubling symptom drove him or her to a health care professional, or some abnormality was revealed in the course of a routine exam.
But although careful examination can identify genital HPV infection, and laboratory tests may even narrow down the identification to a specific type among the two dozen or so that inhabit the genital tract, there is simply no way to find out how long a particular infection has been in place, or to trace it back to a particular partner.
In a monogamous relationship, therefore, just as in an affair or even in an interval of no sexual relationships at all, an HPV diagnosis means only that the person contracted an HPV infection at some point in his or her life
http://www.ashastd.org/hpv/hpv_learn_myths.cfm
2006-10-12 15:46:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO. You could have gotten it from a past relationship. It can take years for hpv to show itself (usually as genital warts).
It can lie dormant in anyone who gives it to you and they may not know they have it; especially if they have never shown symptoms themselves. You can catch it even if it is dormant.
2006-10-12 14:57:45 · answer #2 · answered by Tara662 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have been faithful to him, then there is a great possibility that he has also been faithful, there is a good chance that your significant others could have passed on the virus, so don't go doing anything that could haunt you later. Sometimes these viruses do not show there ugly heads until much later. Good Luck to you.
2006-10-12 14:41:09 · answer #3 · answered by monyeda 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
DONT!!! Blame him or yourself unless you were a virgin. The 1st guy, I married, then went out with a male whore. I got tested for years & nothing showed up. Divorce or a break-up, U don't think! Well, I thougfht my next guy of 7 yrs. was great. Found out at the end I had it. WHO did it??? For every guy you... & evry girl he... U can keep on going from there!!!
2006-10-12 14:45:13 · answer #4 · answered by rhonda_seiler 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either of you could have HPV from relationships long ago.
2006-10-12 14:41:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It maybe. this is a disease that you can get from just skin contact. you may have had this before him and not know it. It can be cured. I say just stop having sex all together and you won't have to deal with this. Think about it.....you were way better off before you started having sex.
2006-10-12 14:47:14 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
are u talking about human papoloma virus? if you are then it's not always transmitted through sex
2006-10-12 14:42:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋