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!

Comments

[wynken.livejournal.com]

the article was about a gay man who had anal sex. what about a hetrosexual man who has never had anal sex? would they still do it through an anal pap smear? that seems confusing.

[84.livejournal.com]

The only difference I can see is sexual preference, which wouldn't change where doctors are able to find diseases. Not to mention there aren't a whole lot of other methods I can imagine that would be relatively simple and painless, on a man anyway.