10/27/2003 7:10:37 PM
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You may or may not have the type of HPV
that causes warts although if you see
warts then I guess you know the answer
about which one you have. If you keep
sleeping with the same person that has
it, it will go away eventually for both
of you provided you both get treated
but you both may still carry the
virus. If you sleep with someone else
you might give it to them even though
you have treated yours.
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10/27/2003 9:37:30 PM
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See I don't understand. If you sleep
with the same person wouldn't you just
keep getting it?? I mean if it doesn't
go away I would think that you can get
treated then just pass it back to the
person? Sorry for being so stupid on
the sub. But see I didn't think I had
the genital since it was on my cervex.
Can you have both kinds??
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10/27/2003 10:35:29 PM
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seeker
you guys need to do some research, the
virus itself can manifest itself in all
kinds of ways depending on your immune
system.
"hpv is like a box of chocolates..."
there are no clear cut answers.
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10/28/2003 12:04:28 AM
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yy
Sleeping with someone who doesn't have
it means you're probably going to give
it to him/her - assuming this person
doesn't have it. Remember the
statistics. Most people have HPV but
don't know it.
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10/28/2003 12:06:08 AM
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yy
As for the cervical/genital thing.
I've read threads on this site where
people who had it on their cervix ended
up with warts. But then again who's to
say this person or you don't have other
strains of HPV. The tests are not that
reliable!
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10/28/2003 9:34:27 AM
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I am 22 years old and I was diagnosed
with genital warts back in Feb. When I
went for a papsmear in May I was
diagnosed with cervical Dysplasia. You
probably have two strains of the virus
if you have warts and dysplasia. The
warts probably just started showing up.
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10/28/2003 12:28:36 PM
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If you sleep wiht the same person who
has it over and over you will pass it
back and forth for a while but
eventually your immunes system will
catch up provided you both treat it.
Your immune system is capable of
providing antibodies it just takes time
to weed out all the virus because it's
in the skin rather than floating in
your bloodstream.
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10/28/2003 9:01:34 PM
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yy
Just for the record - doctors do not
tell faithful partners to stop having
sex if one is diagnosed with HPV. I
wonder what this means?
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10/29/2003 2:48:40 AM
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Tracy
Children get tons of colds and flus
when they are young because their
bodies havn't built up immunities to
certain cold and flu viruses. Healthy
adults on average get one to two colds
a year because they have built up
immunities to certain strains of
viruses. HPV works the same way. You
won't keep passing the virus back and
forth because you have the virus in
your body. When your body builds
immunity to the virus you will no
longer get the warts.
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10/29/2003 2:50:44 AM
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Tracy
They call it a virus for a reason,
because many viruses act the same way.
We all still have those old flu bugs
in us we just don't get sick as often
because of our immune systems.
Discounting HIV which attacks the
immune system directly therefore you
will never build and immunity.
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10/29/2003 7:17:25 AM
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Tracy, that seems mostly true although
I've had the flu virus, got better
cause my immune system built an
immunity against it ALTHOUGH I probably
don't have it in my body anymore
otherwise everyone I came in contact
with would still be getting the flu
rather than the one or two that got it
when I was actually sick. HPV may work
the same way.
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10/29/2003 9:24:01 PM
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Tracy
The reason why you don't give people
around you the flu is because you have
the antibodies inside of you, kind of
like a flu shot. People who get flu
shots don't give their friends the flu
after, like that. HPV eventually goes
away, I've talked to someone that is
thirty + that had it when she was
fifteen. She had them, got them
treated and never thought about them
again, and hasn't gotten another
outbreak.
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10/29/2003 10:45:23 PM
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I agree that the warts will go away
eventually when your body eventually
fills up with the anti-bodies but I'm
wondering....like when you have anti-
bodies for the flu and no longer are
sick anymore...is HPV the same
way...you built up the anti-bodies like
flu, virus disappears...can't pass it
on anymore like the flu?? or what??
That's what I'm trying to find out.
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10/30/2003 12:19:17 AM
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Katie
Thanks so much you guys...I'm so happy
I found this site. It's so hard getting
info online sometimes and it helps to
hear what you all have to say and your
experiences. :O)
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10/31/2003 4:00:06 AM
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katie (or anyone reading this), if you
want to talk more in depth about how
you feel, you can write me. i think we
should all support each other on this
weird trip. it's hard to talk in these
little messages. i'm a 26-year-old
woman . rad777sweet@yahoo.com
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