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The HPV virus can remain latent (not causing symptoms) in your body for years, meaning warts might show up in days, months or even years. They may appear if your immune system is low from illness etc. The appearance of warts doesn't mean that you caught the virus from your current partner; you may have gotten HPV from a partner you had years before. For more information, see the related link.
Genital warts vary in time to develop after contact. Less than 1% of infected persons experience obvious warts, while they still can transmit the virus to others.
Sometimes the virus can lay dormant for months or years. To be safe, contact a health professional to get tested.
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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.
Where can I find pictures of hpv?
HPV disease is a very serious condition and important to be informed on. You can go to http://www.webmd.com/hpv and look at the pictures and symptoms too.
Who is most likely to have HPV?
Genital HPV occurs soon after first sexual experience. HPV that causes common warts is typically contracted in childhood.
How accurate are hpv tests if you don't have any symptoms yet?
There is no commercially available test to tell someone they don't have HPV. An HPV test is sometimes done in conjunction with a Pap smear. This test looks for high-risk HPV subtypes on the cervix. It can't tell you that you don't have HPV. Most people contract HPV soon after becoming sexually active. If you are sexually active, you have probably been exposed to HPV. There is nothing special you need to do if you have HPV. You should consider getting the HPV vaccine, using condoms or abstaining from sex, and, if you're female, should get pap smears regularly as advised by your women's health care provider.
Can you be a carrier of hpv without having it yourself?
No you can not be a carrier of HPV without having it yourself. A "carrier" is a common language term for someone who has infection and can infect others, but who has no symptoms of the infection. You can't pass an infectious disease like HPV unless you yourself are infected.
Can two faithful people get hpv?
They can not unless one person already has it. Because you can have HPV for decades without having signs or symptoms, a new diagnosis of HPV is not evidence of infidelity.
Will hpv symptoms go away after pregnancy is over?
Some women have an increase in genital warts during pregnancy that resolves when the pregnancy is over. You may find that the warts disappear soon after delivery.
How can using drugs lead to contracting HPV?
There's always the possibility that while using drugs, unprotected sex will happen.
Hpv in your mouth?
It takes time for the symptoms and signs of HPV to occur in the mouth. It can be several months. As for all warts this is what you would see in the mouth.
When fighting HPV does urine smell?
HPV does not cause a urine odor. If you are having urinary symptoms, see your health care provider for an exam.
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.
Can you get genital warts even if you havent came in direct contact with them or ever had hpv?
No. Genital warts are caused by several strains of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). You would have to have HPV in order to develop genital warts. However many HPV virus are very common and easily caught, and it is unusual to be tested for HPV unless you have symptoms.
