What are the common symtoms of HPV?

Answer 1

There is no symptoms usually unless you have the strain that causes genital warts. It is very important to go for annual pap tests to make sure that you dont have HPV because it can develop into cervical cancer. If you can get the vaccine that helps protect you against it.

Answer 2

There are none because the warts are on the inside around the cervix. When you have a pap smear, your gyno can see the warts. But, sometimes there aren't any warts, so you may carry HPV for a while before it appears. If you're guy has been with a girl who has HPV and they didn't use protection, he can be a carrier and pass it on to you. Guys can have HVP too, but it doesn't show up on them because they don't have a cervix. There have been cases where warts have appeared on the outside of the vagina or on a penis, but this happens rarely and in very bad cases. There are various levels of HPV. There even finding that if you have a very very low form of HPV, your body may be able to fight it off and you'll no longer be a carrier.

Answer 3

I am having trouble finding this on the Planned Parenthood site [it used to be there under "white papers"], but you should READ THIS: http://www.racoon.com/hpv/HPV-most_common_STD.htm

The good news is that by common statistics, 80 percent of women will have HPV by the age of 50. Planned Parenthood regards it as a marker for having had sex. GOOD TIMES.

HPV is one of the most common STI's but most people don't know what it is. (I won't get into my big political spiel about the politics of STI's...)

HPV, like many STI's, can be asymptomatic, meaning one infected shows no symptoms but can still pass it along. There are genital-to-genital strains that cause warts, and some that cause dysplasia (abnormal cell growth)~it is high grade dysplasia that can lead to cervical cancer. There is no test for men. For women, HPV is usually detected with an abnormal pap (and from there an HPV test is administered or a colposcopy is performed).

There is an HPV vaccine that was recently approved by the FDA but it is expensive.

If you have what you think might be warts, make an appt. with your doctor or a free clinic or Planned Parenthood so they can examine them.

Answer 4

You have to get a pap smear at your gynocologist's office. It's the only way to tell if you have HPV. HPV does often lead to cervical cancer. There are simple procedures that can be done to eliminate precancerous cells before they turn cancerous if you catch it in time.

Answer 5

Usually no symptoms. Lots of people et infected and don't know it. Most will have it clear up on its own. Warts can be a sigh. HPV can lead to cervical cancer in women and penile cancer in men.

Answer 6

I dont know symptoms but i do know 98% of women with cervical cancer got it from HPV.

Answer 7

there are absolutely no symptoms, unless you get warts or cervical dysplasia/cancer. but those are not symptoms, those are actual diseases caused by the virus

Answer 8

Warts in the genital region.

Answer 9

warts