1. I was told and have read in a number of places that there's no definitive HPV test for men, but perhaps I'm wrong
2. The above poster said HPV causes warts. My understanding has been that not all strains of it cause warts however, and in some people even the strains that cause warts won't cause them.
3. You can get it through oral sex.
4. Even if you have HPV vaginally you can get it anally regardless of whether you have oral sex or not. Anal sex might increase the spread of warts though if you or your partner have them.
5. OK, here's the deal. I strongly believe condoms are not as effective against STD's as we hav been led to believe. Though obviously a condom is a million times better than no protection, what I've been reading has led me to the conclusion that a number of STD's are not terribly difficult to transmittable even with a condom. I've had five partners in the three years since I became sexually active, and condoms were used with every single one, every time. I ended up with two STD's (though luckily nothing too serious).
6. I don't know why it wouldn't be ok for unprotected sex to occur between two people with the same strain of HPV, as long as there's no concern about other STD's
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Date: 2002-04-24 08:42 am (UTC)2. The above poster said HPV causes warts. My understanding has been that not all strains of it cause warts however, and in some people even the strains that cause warts won't cause them.
3. You can get it through oral sex.
4. Even if you have HPV vaginally you can get it anally regardless of whether you have oral sex or not. Anal sex might increase the spread of warts though if you or your partner have them.
5. OK, here's the deal. I strongly believe condoms are not as effective against STD's as we hav been led to believe. Though obviously a condom is a million times better than no protection, what I've been reading has led me to the conclusion that a number of STD's are not terribly difficult to transmittable even with a condom. I've had five partners in the three years since I became sexually active, and condoms were used with every single one, every time. I ended up with two STD's (though luckily nothing too serious).
6. I don't know why it wouldn't be ok for unprotected sex to occur between two people with the same strain of HPV, as long as there's no concern about other STD's