I have hpv does that mean my husband has it?

I just found out today that I have HPV and I showed signs for at least 2 months now. Me and my husband are sexually active and we were having unprotected sex while I had the bumps down there does this mean he has the virus too now?

HPV is very contagious...most people spreading the virus because they have no signs or symptoms. Article say you have a 60 to 80% of transmitting the virus with first sexual contact when you carry the virus. Since you have probably had sex more than once I would assume he also shares your HPV type. Many people carry the HPV types that cause genital warts...but never have a wart.


Some information says it may be more important to use condoms with genital warts....but I feel it is most important to use them after treatments. Which treatment is your doctor recommending?

Some studies have shown that condoms do help in the regression of the virus...so talk with your husband and both of you decide what is best for you...him and your relationship.

I wish both you and your husband well.

Should you stop having sex with your partner if she finds out?
There is no need to stop having sexual contact with your partner if she is tested for the virus and finds out she has HPV. The virus is commonly exchanged between sexual partners, and by the time HPV is detected, it most likely already has been shared between the two of you. And, once a particular type of the virus has been exchanged, there is little risk of a "ping-pong" effect 鈥?in which you and your partner keep re-infecting each other with the same type. (In other words, you don't need to worry about passing the same type of HPV back and forth.) However, if you become sexually involved with a different partner, you may pass any types of HPV that are "active" in your body to her, and vice versa.

Remember: HPV is not a sign that you or your partner has been unfaithful. HPV can be "silent" for many years before it is detected by a test. Your partner may have had the HPV virus for a long time, and there is no way to know when or from whom she got it.


What should you do if you have genital warts? Should you stop having sex?
There is a risk of spreading the HPV infection that caused the warts to your partner if you have direct genital contact while the warts are present. Using a condom may reduce that risk.


What can you do to protect yourself, and your partner?

Because HPV is so common, it is difficult to avoid it altogether. It is reasonable to expect that you will get HPV at some time during your life. Sexual contact with just one partner can be enough to get or spread the virus.
However, you can minimize any risks for you, and your partner, by:
鈥?Limiting your number of sexual partners, and choosing partners who do the same.
鈥?Wearing a condom when not in a long-term, mutually monogamous relationship. [Condoms protect against most sexually transmitted infections, including HPV. However, they do not provide complete protection against HPV, since they do not cover all genital skin.]
鈥?Avoiding sexual contact with a new partner when genital warts are visible.
鈥?Encouraging your wife or girlfriend to be screened regularly with a Pap test and (if she is age 30 or older) an HPV test.

www.thehpvtest.com
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/genital_w...

If you have had sex after those 2 months, then your husband probably has it. Seeing as HPV will usually be there, and show signs of it months, even years after you get it. I think i have HPV, and I've opened a question about it, but I'm just like almost 15 and I'm a virgin, so i don't know how i could have it...

Anyway there's no point of use having condoms from now on, if you have lumps look for lumps on him if you can and then tell him if he has it. Either you got it from him or you got it from him.

But some HPV is silent, some HPV gives BOTH people lumps, so if you have lumps, he should get lumps SOMETIME.

Good luck, and no point using a condom if you both already have the HPV, but please tell your husband as you shall share everything with your husband, and same way round.

He probably does. There is no way to test men for it to my knowledge. I think you guys need to wear condoms from now on.