some questions about HPV

[wynken.livejournal.com]

I have some a ton of questions about HPV that i thought some of you might be able to answer for me. It would be greatly apreciated!

(btw thanks so much for all the comments on my last post!!!)

1. Can a man be tested for HPV if it is not a wart causing form of HPV? Can they test for it through blood work or something?

2. If a person infected with the type of HPV that does not give warts gives HPV to a partner could it somehow transform into the type that gives warts?

3. Can you get it through oral sex?

4. If 2 partners (male and female) both have HPV (the same strand) but the woman has it vaginally can she get it in her anus if they have anal sex? or should anal sex be avoided completely?

5. How effective are condoms with this type of STD? i hear they don't provide much protection.

6. if a man and a woman are both infected with the same strand of HPV is it ok for them to have unprotected sex?

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i'm sure i will think of a million more. but i guess that will do for now.

i only ask these questions here becaus i can't find the answers in any other place that i look.

THANKS! you ladies rock!

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[wynken.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry- i have an unrelated question- if someone finds out they have HPV do you think they should tell all of their old partners? or would that just be dangous and unnecessary?

[84.livejournal.com]

Don't you think you'd like your SO to know he may be carrying something that might give you cervical cancer? Not telling only breeds more ignorance on the disease.

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[wynken.livejournal.com]

i agree. just wondering what others thought.

[oceandream9.livejournal.com]

I didn't bother telling the guy who gave it to me because I realized that he wouldn't change his lifestyle, and because he was an evil person who I didn't want to speak to again. Not evil because he gave it to me, but because of other reasons...
I did tell an old friend I had had sex with afterward. He wasn't pleased, but then chuckled and said, "well, I guess I can't say you never gave me anything." You have to decide for yourself.