She went to the doctor last week and I found out that if you have a genital warts, your body CAN fight off the virus. Meaning you do not have to carry the virus for the rest of your life. The doctor says it happens in your late teens and early 20's. I wanted to share this with you all, because majority of you said that the virus is with you for the rest of your life and it's not true.
2007-06-22 02:00:59 · 9 answers · asked by twdy412 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
Most people CAN fight off the virus, however there is NO cure. Most people think a cure involves drugs or therapy and since there are no drugs or therapy for HPV then there is NO "cure".
Some people are unable to fight off the virus though and DO have it their entire life. I have personally had the virus 6+ years.
2007-06-22 03:33:11 · answer #1 · answered by Alli 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I first found out I carried the virus about a year and a half ago, when I became pregnant. Symptoms in women often first show up during pregnancy because the immune system is suppressed during pregnancy. I think this is why men don't have symptoms as often as women (according to a nurse I talked to who works in a place where they treat genital warts). Since the symptoms show up more easily when the immune system is suppressed, it stands to reason that the immune system suppresses the virus, normally. I have heard many times that way more people carry this virus than know it, and read something recently that suggested as many as 80% of people who have had multiple partners or have had sex with someone who has had multiple partners carry the virus! This is why it's very important to go for your annual phyical, though I don't think they can detect the strand that causes the warts, only the strand that causes cancer - there are about 100 different strands of HPV. I had a thorough physical, all the STD testing and everything about 3.5 months before I got pregnant and got symptoms immediately. I didn't have sex with anyone new in that time either, so I know I already carried the virus when I had the physical done.
I was watching something on the news the other day about the vaccinations they came out with now that have shown to HELP prevent women from contracting the virus. They haven't been proven to work for men, to my understanding. Also, not all cancers of the reproductive organs are caused by HPV. Many are, but not all.
But back to getting rid of the virus: I have heard of people who's immune system has kicked the virus, but only the genital wart causing virus. I don't know of any cases where someone got rid of the cancer-causing virus. That show about vaccinations I was watching recently, a doctor said that they're not sure if the immune system actually removes the virus from the body or if it just learns to permanently suppress it. If you are a woman and have a pregnancy with no genital warts, rest assured you don't have the virus, because it will produce symptoms then - just don't get pregnant to check because it causes complications during pregnancy. I have a mild strand, according to the doctors and that's what happened to me. I have only ever had symptoms during pregnancy and most of the warts went away by themselves after I had the baby.
2007-06-22 12:12:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah he is right. I don't know what those other people are talking about. Genital warts is caused by the HPV virus. This virus is the most common between people. Only about 10% of people actually get outbreaks. At time this can clear up and go away on its own. But others can have this for their whole life and never have one outbreak. Its a weird one but yes. The doctor was right.
2007-06-22 09:05:50 · answer #3 · answered by Kevin 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He is wrong, and I want to share something with you. My daughter was diagnosed with genital warts in her early 20's. She ended up with two differents types of cancer first, cervical, and then ovarian having to have a radical hysterectomy. The cancer lay dormat for almost 10 years and spread to her lungs. Her oncologist and the surgeon said that this was all attributed to the genital warts also known as HPV. It is mis-information like this that will cost people their lives giving them a false sense of security.
I do not understand why he would say this. Even this chicken pox virus stays with you the rest of your life and can cause outbreaks of shingles.
There was a release from the cancer society last month that said that cancer of the mouth, tongue, throat, lungs, anus and reproductive system is the known to be caused from having HPV.
http://www.ppgg.org/site/c.esJMKZPKJtH/b.1164303/k.172A/HPV_and_Cervical_Cancer__Genital_Warts.htm
http://www.cancer.gov/search/results.aspx
2007-06-22 09:19:19 · answer #4 · answered by Sparkles 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The symptoms may go away but you still have a good chance of passing them on.
2007-06-22 09:04:01 · answer #5 · answered by Moriarti 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
virus' embed in your dna and ARE with you for the rest of your life. symtoms and ability to transmit the virus, are a different story.
2007-06-22 09:03:39 · answer #6 · answered by taco_man_747 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/genital-warts/DS00087/DSECTION=1
You need to read further and so does your friend.
2007-06-22 09:05:12 · answer #7 · answered by J F 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hey, cool.... that's one solution
2007-06-22 09:04:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
doctor is wrong. let's see if she gets cured.
2007-06-22 09:03:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋