My friend just found out that she may have genital warts....?

Question

so my friend met this guy at work and they were friends, then they went out and had sex a few times, she asked him if he had any STDs and he said no, and he never wanted to wear a condom. She said one time she asked him to stop, but he kept going anyways. He then wouldn't call her, and she just found out today he has genital warts, and he's known the whole time he was having sex with her. I just have a few questions cuz niether of us know nothing about this infection.

A. Could there be any type of lawsuit since she asked and he knew, like that he may have purposely given it to her?
B. What are long term effects of genital warts
C. Is it curable?

Anything else you could add would be great, thank you!

Answer 1

1. Your friend can't sue him. For one thing, she has sex WILLING with him a few times before the "she said no" incident. She could try and get him for rape for the last incident, but it would be her word against his, and I HIGLY doubt they could charge him for rape after she WILLING had sex with him before.

2. There are no long term effects of genital warts. However, HPV (the virus that causes genital warts) is also responsible for certain kinds of cancers including cervical cancer. 10,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer in the US every year and about 4,000 of the women will die from it. With proper screenings like Pap smears, abnormalilties on the cervix (caused by HPV) can usually be caught early enough before they turn into pre-cancerous cells or cervical cancer. It's VERY important that your friend gets a pap smear done every year, and more frequently if she has ever had an abnormal pap smear.

3. Genital warts can be treated and may physically disappear, but there is no "cure" for the virus that causes genital warts (HPV). Most women are able to get rid of the virus on their own though. Their bodies can basically "fight it off" and get rid of it.

When most people think of a "cure" they think of getting rid of something with drugs, therapy, natural remedies, etc. So, since there are no drugs or therapy to actually rid the virus from the body then there is technically no "cure".

Since HPV is a virus though, and there are no cures for viruses, some people will have the virus their entire life and are unable to get rid of it. And, just because a person might have gotten rid of the virus doesn't mean they can't contract it again in the future. They can always contract the virus again if they have sex with someone who has it or they come in DIRECT skin to skin contact with the infected area of someone who has it.
http://www.cdc.gov/std/HPV/STDFact-HPV.htm#cure

Take care!

Answer 2

if she is a minor and he is over 18, in many states he can get in very serious trouble...
- there is no cure for genital warts, although there are treatments that can allow the disease to become tolerable
- the long term effects can vary depending on treatment, although warts can come and go quite frequently and lead to scarring. they're also very contagious as well, so a condom will need to be used 100% of the time whenever your friend has sex with someone.
- they are not curable; just treatable.

http://www.condomessentialwear.co.uk/infections/genital-warts-signs-and-symptoms

your friend should go to the gynecologist to get treated for the warts and any other std she may have. genital warts are a strain of hpv and she could have the strain that leads to cervical cancer, which is a very serious matter.

Answer 3

She willingly had unprotected sex with him. Condoms don't really protect against warts anyway, because skin to skin contact is all it takes, you don't have to come into contact with bodily fluids.

It's not curable, but is treatable. She can have one outbreak, then never see them again, or she could have multiple outbreaks for life. She will need to tell anyone that she's going to have sex with BEFORE they have sex, otherwise she will be spreading the STD.

She'll need to have regular pap smears to make sure she doesn't get cervical cancer from it.