Do you have HPV?

Question

My doctor told be that every sexually active girl that has come into his office has the std HPV. thats not the first doctor that I know has said something like that. Does everyone have HPV?

Answer 1

Not EVERY woman has HPV, but the majority of them do. It's estimated about 75 - 80% of the WORLD will have HPV at some point in their life. So, it's more common to have the virus, then to not have it.
http://www.cdc.gov/std/HPV/STDFact-HPV.htm#common
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/sexual-health/std/hpv.htm

Answer 2

OK, You need to Research HPV.
NOT everyone has HPV but 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. so someone may have it and not even know.
I*m married now with a 3 year old..I was Sexually active..but only had about 4 partners...I was with my Husband for a year when I got pregnant and I found out I had HPV which is now commen in pregnant women. My case was Minor and went away on its own but There are Different stages of HPV some are Sever other dont even know they have it. Its best to get a Regular Pap tests and now they Make a Vacine for it. Also Safe sex But any type of genital contact can transmit it.

Answer 3

Well first as almost everyone that answered already is misleading or incorrect in some way, lets clear up a few things. First, HPV isnt just a sexually transmitted disease. Its transmitted by skin to skin contact regardless of where it is. Having said that, virtually EVERY human will contract 1 or more (usually more) strain of HPV in his or her lifetime. Now about these estimates of 50-90% I keep seeing tossed around. No one knows exactly (even the CDC) as the super vast majority will never know either way. They are *speculative* estimates based on basic diagnostic criteria at best. The estimates come from data collected on women diaganosed with cervical abnormalities or epidemiological models and studies as they rarely (and I stress rarely) do DNA testing especially on men. Since the vast majority of women experience no symptoms and go undiagnosed and there is no practical screening for men, its impossible to know for sure how many actually have HPV. They extrapolate the reported cases over the entire population to come up with these mathematical models and estimates that vary wildly from source to source. To answer your question, no not everyone has genital HPV. Its not a guarantee for a few reasons. Some never have sex or remain monogomous from a virgin relationship. Some do not have enough partners that could expose them. Some may just "luck out" and not ever have sex with someone with genital HPV. Some may have some yet understood biological protection or immunity. Chances are however, the more partners you have sex with, your odds of exposure rise exponentially. The key words here that most here miss is "sexually active". Of course this implies people having sex but lets distiguish the different context of how this is defined. I surmise to say that the doctors meaning of "sexually active" is the stage that women (this goes for men too) become sexually mature and start having sex till she (he) becomes settled into a monogomous long term relationship. As any would admit, most people have more than 1 partner in his/her lifetime. Although exposure doesnt necessarily mean infection, most people have ample chances at becoming infected. Your doc probably made a blanket statement about the prevalence of HPV in his patients but he probably wasnt far from the truth. So, all these numbers are all right and all wrong (or should I say misleading) depending on context. All in all, HPV is very easy to get and the odds are every person sexually active person will aquire genital HPV.

Answer 4

Wow - lots of misinformation out there
HPV is human papilloma virus, of which there are many strains. Only certain ones are associated with cervical cancer.
HPV is an STD.
Not everyone has it - and using condoms prevents it only if it's on the shaft of the penis or in the vagina. If you have genital warts anywhere else on your genitalia, you can spread it even if you are using a condom. And you can have the virus without having a raised wart on you, (sometimes the warts are flat, so people don't think it's HPV) so you can spread it without knowing that you have it.
Talk to someone who has good information for you. Go to your local free clinic or talk to a gynecologist who deals with this often.
Good luck

Answer 5

- not everyone has it but it is common

I have heard the statistic that half of all sexually active people have HPV from many sources ( tv, radio, internet).

according to the CDC

- it is half of sexually active people in there lifetime will get HPV

A powerful statistic is that by the time a woman is 50, 80% (
in other words 8 out of 10 women ) will have contracted the HPV.

Answer 6

There are like 95% of sexually active people have some sort of the HPV strand. There are like 190 strands and only like 13 have the ability to cause cervical cancer in women. Most males are carriers but do not show symptons or signs, unless they have a strand that can cause genital warts. there is a lot of info online about it.

Answer 7

I read a statistic that said 80% of women will have acquired HPV in their lifetime. It's really common. But with this new Vaccine out (Gardasil) it should greatly reduce the amount of women diagnosed with HPV in the future.

Answer 8

I have HPV. From what my OB has told me, most women come into contact with the virus. Some women can fight off the virus and have no lingering effects. (Like chicken pox, for example.) Once you are exposed to it you won't normally get it again. In my case the virus causes me to have abnormal (pre cancerous) cells on my cervix. Thats how I understand it to be. hope this helps.

Answer 9

Most sexually active people have or will get HPV in their lives. The estimates run from 50 percent of adults having it to 80 percent or more. It is extremely common.

Answer 10

No that's a load of ****. they are trying to scare you. I have hpv and my Dr didn't tell me that they said its very common in young teens because its hard to tell when someone has it and teens are not as careful as they should be. are they trying to get you to get the vaccine (guardisil) if so that might be the reason they told you that. and from experience you should get the vaccine. just as a precaution and if you already have it still get the vaccine it prevents other strains of the virus.