Just diagnosed with HPV and genital warts - I have a few questions?

I have a few questions regarding my HPV and genital warts. I didn't show any signs of having them until four months or so after I started dating my current boyfriend. I'd had two other sexual partners in the past whom I'd had unprotected sex with.

Obviously my boyfriend must have HPV as well, even if he didn't give it to me. Since we both have it (he has no visible warts of any kind), it is safe for us to continue having unprotected sex? We're clean for everything else. I've read online that genital warts cannot be "passed" back and forth between partners.

Secondly: Do the majority of people who have HPV develop an immunity to it? I've read on line that some people's immune systems even wipe out the virus completely.

And last: Will I still be able to have a vaginal birth? I want children so badly and I know this won't effect me having children in the future. I just want to be able to give birth naturally.

Thank you. Please, please no rude answers. No smart answers. I am in a lot of pain right now, physically and mentally, and I can't take condescending remarks about how I should have "kept my legs closed".

Of course he has it. We've been having unprotected sex. HPV is almost 100% transmitable between partners during unprotected sex.

And my gynecologist said that condoms were not necessary if both of us have been infected. I just wondered how others went about this situation.

1) Many women worry about becoming infected again after they have had treatment for an abnormal smear. Viruses are difficult to treat and your body gets rid of them by developing immunity to them. This may take from a few months to a few years.Some women worry about whether their partner has the virus and could reinfect them. Men aren鈥檛 routinely tested for HPV because the only way for a man to find out if he has the virus is to have several biopsies. Even then, a negative result only means that HPV wasn鈥檛 found on those biopsies and not necessarily that he doesn鈥檛 have HPV at all. Because our bodies clear the virus, even if a man has the virus when he has the test, his immune system may get rid of it before the test result comes back.As there more than 100 types of HPV, it is possible to be immune to one type but not another. So it may seem that you have been reinfected but in fact you may just have a different type of HPV.

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yes, you will still be able to have a vaginal birth, but only if you will not have genetal warts at birth moment!

Both of these conditions are highly contagious and you must use condoms at the very least. You can not always tell if you have something that spreads. You need to see a gynacologist and get checked. They can remove warts and HPV. I do not think it has anything to do with giving birth if anything active is treated with a laser. These conditions are sexually transmitted. Not sure but I think that even if you seem to be immune you can pass on the virus.

HPV and genital warts are very common. Yes, you can have a natural birth as long as you are not having an outbreak. That is something you will need to discuss with your doctor at that time. You didn't mention if your boyfriend has been tested as well? You should not just assume that he has it too. He should get tested.

prior to the development of guardisil and HPV vaccines 4 out 5 sexually active people had HPV at some time in their life.. most clear the infection completely in 2 years.. a very small number of women have chronic infection on their cervix and an even smaller number have a progression over 5-10 years to cervical cancer which if you have regulalr pap semars the changes will be picked up and treated years prior to turning cancrous.. you should be able to have a normal vaginal birth if no current outbreak vaginally ...HPV is mostly harmless for guys and if you are both comfortable with it dont need to wear protection.. be worth getting the vaccine if you havent already it has 4 strains of HPV in it and you probably have only 1 and it will prevent the other 3.