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I just found out that I am infected with HPV from my boyfriend. My doctor said he should use condoms, but if we already have the same virus why shoul
There is no reason to use condoms if both of you are infected. Why worry about passing a virus back and forth that you already have? *However*, you shouldn't have sex while you have symptoms.
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Answered by:
Rebekah
Date Answered:
8/26/2002
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I was told that using a condom is still advisable because the virus might mutate
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Date Answered:
9/5/2002
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You're right because once you've received hpv from your partner then you have it. Sex with the same partner with the same hpv you have will not increase any other different types of hpv to form.
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Answered by:
ilf303
Date Answered:
8/26/2002
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There is a good reason for using condoms, and this is because, once you have the human papilloma virus that causes warts, your body may well eventually (months or years) get rid of it, however if you are reexposed to it, you wil either get it again or you will never get rid of it in the first place
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Anonymous
Date Answered:
3/28/2003
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Condoms do not prevent the transfer or infection of HPV. Wearing a condom or not, you will still be able to get HPV. Nothing is a reliable protection against HPV other then doing nothing to begin with.
There might be other reason to wear a condom though. Pregnacy and some other STD's are greatly inhibited by the use of a condoms.
End result being:
If you have already had unprotected sex with your partner several times, you can assume that you DO HAVE whatever he/she may have. The only reason to wear a condom then is if you don't want a child.
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Anonymous
Date Answered:
5/3/2003
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There's evidence to suggest that use of condoms reduces the risk of high-grade lesions and cancer, even though it doesn't reduce the risk of transmission. (Sex Transm Dis. 2002 Nov;29(11):725-35)
There's also evidence showing that higher viral loads on the cervix are associated with higher risk of cervical cancer. This makes sense with what we know about infections in general - if there's more of the infecting virus or bacteria around, it makes it harder for your immune system to deal with it.
I think it makes sense for you to use condoms for awhile. I don't know how long you'd need to do that, but I would guess at least a couple months, and maybe six months to a year.
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Anonymous
Date Answered:
6/22/2003
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Condoms won't stop you from getting it or your boyfriend and obviously if you both have it there are no use for condoms to prevent infection. However if you or your boyfrind have visable signs then a condom should be used if you are going to have sex, (although it is advised not to have intercourse with visable warts). This is because not only can it cause the virus to mutate but you might stimulate your partner to develop warts (even though they already have it). You can also pass the warts to other areas. For instance you might have warts on the outer of the virgina, having sex might make it develop warts inside and to your uterus. This is when warts can become dangerous!!
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Anonymous
Date Answered:
6/17/2003
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There is no reason to use condoms now but when you start taking treatment then use a condom or the best way to get rid of it is not to have sex for 6 weeks after they have gone away, then make shure to use a condom.
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Anonymous
Date Answered:
6/7/2003
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Technically you don't need to use a condom... my gyno told me this. Once you and your partner have the virus... you have the virus. End of story.
BUT... now this is a big BUT... if you are showing warts you MUST where a condom... first of all thats just nasty. Second you just don't know.
Once you stop showing signs... thats both of you... once both of you stop showing signs there is no need use condoms. You both have a tolerance for the virus so the chances of getting it again won't be from having sex.
Remember... there are people out there who will break out and break out again for no reasons... and there are people who only have that ONE break out. Sex w/ out a condom is not the reason of a break out... unless it is a new STRAIN.
Have fun and enjoy yourself while you can. Don't forget though that if you are unsure if you have other STDs then please use condoms.
Be safe and goodluck.
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Anonymous
Date Answered:
6/20/2003
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You should use condoms because once you get the virus, you can become reinfected, and that causes your body to act as if you just got the virus. This causes you to have an outbreak just like the first one.
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Anonymous
Date Answered:
7/3/2003
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Since you and your boyfriend are both infected, condoms won't really do anything becasue they do not really help in preventing the transmitting of hpv. On the other hand, condoms have been proven to help in the prevention of becoming pregnat.
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ace8165
Date Answered:
1/9/2003
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