HPV; why is it downplayed

[SW_PA_Couple]

Originally Posted by DenMor4

I(her) have high risk HPV. High risk can, in rare cases, cause cervical cancer. I found out at a pap smear and took the steps to correct it and had a clear pap since. I'm very honest about it and see no reason not to be. It is something most people have been exposed to men and woman.

One thing i'm surprised no one has mentioned here is that if a man is a carrier of high risk HPV he will show no signs or symptoms. A man will only have a clue he has HVP if he develops warts. With high risk there are no warts. If a man is carrying this strand he'll never know since there is no way to test a man for HPV.

My doctor told me there was little need to even tell any male partners that i had HPV since it wouldn't effect them at all. I chose to be up front about it because i felt my so deserved to know.

OK, now. This is the best summary of the facts that I have read here thus far. This matches everything that I have found using searches of the World Wide Web and what my dermatologist has told me.

I will combine a little of what you have said with what some other have said -- if you have had sex with several partners, condoms used or not, male or female, the probability is very good that you have some form of HPV.

~M

[PB&J]

Did anyone catch The Daily Show on Thursday night? Jason Jones was interviewing elderly people in Florida who are still sexually active, discussing STDs. This one old guy was going on about warts? What's all this about warts? Nothing wrong with warts- I had some on my penis, they're gone now. The look on one woman's face- PRICELESS.