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Yes, you can have HPV for years without knowing. Diagnosis with HPV does not give you any information about when you were infected.

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How can you catch HPV if you've been in a faithful relationship?

A person can have HPV for many years before it is found or causes health problems. So there is no way to know if your partner gave you HPV, or if you gave HPV to your partner. HPV should not be seen as a sign that you or your partner is having sex outside of your relationship.


How many years can the HPV virus be dormant?

HPV can stay dormant for decades. Diagnosis does not give you an idea of when you were infectedd.


What foods are best for someone who had HPV?

HPV infections rise sharply in the mid teens. Most HPV infections do not cause any symptoms so it is possible to be infected by HPV and not know about it.


Can a lady have hpv for years before showing up on a pap smears?

Yes, it's common for HPV to cause problems on pap smears many years after infection. HPV on a pap smear does not tell you when infection occurred.


Do you disclose an HPV infection?

It is most responsible to disclose an HPV infection. Know that most people contract their first HPV infection shortly after the first sexual contact. It is unlikely that your partner does not also have HPV.


Can you get hpv from laundry?

HPV is passed on through genital contact-most often during vaginal and anal sex. HPV may also be passed on during oral sex. Since HPV usually causes no symptoms, most men and women can get HPV-and pass it on-without realizing it. People can have HPV even if years have passed since they had sex. Even men with only one lifetime sex partner can get HPV.


Where do you get hpv?

HPV is passed on through genital contact-most often during vaginal and anal sex. HPV may also be passed on during oral sex. Since HPV usually causes no symptoms, most men and women can get HPV-and pass it on-without realizing it. People can have HPV even if years have passed since they had sex. Even men with only one lifetime sex partner can get HPV.


How fast does HPV 52 turn into CIN 2?

Years or decades.


You are unable to have a pap smear what else can be done to detect cervical cancer?

You can do HPV genotyping to know high risk and low risk type of HPV.


How long does it take HPV to go away?

One thing you need to know is that HPV is really more than 120 different kinds of viruses that cause warts. The one that you are interested in large sexually transmitted ones. Sometimes it clears all by itself. Usually within 2 years about 90% are cleared. However, it may not be entirely eliminated.


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The best and only HSV and HPV free dating site that I know is www.yupperdoodles.com its really good!


Can you get gardasil vaccine while you have hpv?

Sure you can. There are numerous strains of HPV. The Gardasil will help with 4 of them. Even if you know that you're currently infected with one of the 4 strains in the Gardasil vaccine, it can still help you with the other 3.