I am a 27 yo female. For the first time in my life, my pap came back abnormal (low grade changes my dr. says) and i have to go back in 6 months for another pap. I have asked about this earlier today and the general consensus is that it is hpv. The nurse on the phone even said that it was a possibility. I have been with the same guy for 10 months and he has been my only partner since my last pap smear in 2006. If I have hpv, did I get it from him or can it lie dormant for months or years at a time?
2007-01-30 06:56:19 · 5 answers · asked by babe 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
HPV could have came from your partner (guys are silent carriers which means they don't show symptoms) or it could have been dormant in your system. Since you're already showing signs of changes in your pap, it could be that they virus was already there a long time ago and you may have missed the earlier signs of it. either way, get your partner tested (you may have given it to him). HPV is a common cause of cervical cancer, so it's good you caught this early.
2007-01-30 07:02:22 · answer #1 · answered by frazzlesnap 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HPV isn't an STD you can get it from alot of things that don't always include sexual activities. google HPV and find out about it. Your partner may have carried it but he cannot get it because he is male. So yes he may have passed it on to you without knowing because it is not an STD, 70 % of women already have or are going to get it some point in their life.
2007-01-30 17:22:30 · answer #2 · answered by Sarah Elizabeth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most HPV infections have no signs or symptoms; therefore, most infected persons are unaware they are infected, yet they can transmit the virus to a sex partner.
Most people who have a genital HPV infection do not know they are infected. The virus lives in the skin or mucous membranes and usually causes no symptoms. Some people get visible genital warts, or have pre-cancerous changes in the cervix, vulva, anus, or penis. Very rarely, HPV infection results in anal or genital cancers. After sexual contact with an infected person, warts may appear within weeks or months, or not at all.
2007-01-30 15:07:01 · answer #3 · answered by S H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it can lye dormant for 6 months. But if you never experienced any symptoms other than a pap then you could have contracted it from someone else. It is also possible your partner could have contracted it from someone else as well.
Check it this site: http://www.cdc.gov/STD/HPV/STDFact-HPV.htm
2007-01-30 15:14:35 · answer #4 · answered by sensitive1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I doesn't lay dormant and then just show up. I have a friend who has it and he says there's medicaine for it, but it never leaves the bloodstream... therefore, your partner can catch it.
Most likely, your partner has it, and you just didn't catch it until now because it's actually hard to receive if a woman, bc the man's ejaculation is usually eaten away by vaginal fluid, thus never enters the bloodstream.
2007-01-30 15:04:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋