is the strains from my hpv in my cervix different from the strain of my hpv in my genitals?

Question

you see i got only been diverginize 5 months ago and during my first pap smear last sept. it came out fine or satisfactory, but out of it i got bacterial vaginosis only..however 2 weeks after that,during my follow up check they find out lesions in my cervix which is not present during the pap smear..meaning the virus got there so fast. now i was wondering where i got it, from my us army bf last year since hpv could lay dormant right? but we only do some oral sex and deep kissing or to my recent bf who diverginize me this year? how come during the papsmear they havent seen it but then been visible in my cervix after few weeks? please enlighten me..

Answer 1

The strain of HPV in your cervix is the one that is infecting your genitals. It is also possible to harbor more than one strain of HPV. HPV can incubate up to three years before showing symptoms, that is if you show symptoms at all (many people never have symptoms).

If you have an ongoing vaginal infection, it can distort Pap results. The lesions could have decided to show up in the span of the few weeks before checkup number 1 and number 2 despite long-incubating infection. Or by some chance, you may have recently acquired the HPV.

And remember, no fluid is necessary to pass HPV. It's by skin-to-skin contact. So dry-humping can transmit HPV just as well without the penetration. Condoms aren't a perfect defense against HPV, but they are way better than nothing at all.

And the term isn't "deverginize." It's "have sex." It's okay to say it, and makes the whole act sound a lot less mechanical.

REGARDING LESIONS - "Lesions" are a very generic term that can be applied to HPV-related neoplasms as well as herpetic vesiculations. In this case, it is unlikely to have vesiculations on the cervix. Herpetic lesions can form internally, but they rarely venture that far inward. It is, however, perfectly feasible to have flattened condyloma lesions and pre-malignant (or malignant!) dysplasias on the cervix.

Answer 2

Lesions are not HPV, it's HSV - herpes. Yes, that can lay dormant for a while (so can HPV) and both can go in and out of dormancy. Whomever it was you had to of had vaginal sex with or someone had oral with you who had an active blister on their lip.