how could I have gotten genital warts?
I have been married for four years; recently I was diagnose with genital warts. According to my husband he has never been unfaithful to me. He admits to have been with another woman six years ago meaning two years before our marriage. Could he had given me this STD after six years of him being in contact with someone who had it or is it safe to say that he has been unfaithful to me.
May 16th, 2010 at 12:39 am
It can take a while to show up but it’s almost impossible for it to take 4years,
May 16th, 2010 at 1:36 am
Better take a closer look at his story.
May 16th, 2010 at 2:11 am
First of all I’m really sorry you got them..
Seeing as your married I would assume you don’t use condoms when you two have sex. But you didn’t put that in there anywhere..
I would say he cheated. If he got it from the person 6 years ago, you would have noticed. Seen them. Something.
And if you don’t use condoms, you would have contracted it long ago.
If after 4 years you just now have it (still assuming you two don’t use condoms) then yes, I would assume he cheated.
May 16th, 2010 at 3:10 am
My husband got HPV, which is genital warts, when he was 15. He only had symptoms that once. The fool thought that it went way, so he never told me. After we were married, when he was 24, I found out I had it. I was pregnant when they told me, and we were both right there. He explained it to the doctor, his history and his unexcusable ignorance. I really don’t think he would have knowingly done that to me. She said many men never have symptoms and can carry on spreading it unknowingly forever. Ask your gyno about this – she will tell you most men never have symptoms of this. My husband hadn’t had symptoms after the initial ones at age 15. Your husband could have had it for years and years with no symptoms, and so could you. I have been married for many years now. I have dealt with this and many kinds of treatments for this problem. Please feel free to email me if you have questions.
But, to give a direct answer, no – this does not mean he cheated on you.
May 16th, 2010 at 3:41 am
if you was not a virgin thet it is possible that you had this virus and gave it to your husband….?!
anyway genital warts are caused by HPV virus and HPV virus can lie in your body dormant even very mant years and not showing any symptoms because genital warts appears only when immune system is very weak!!
so if you have genital warts – you MUST get rid of them as soon as it is possible because genital warts are very contagious!!
and if you really want to get rid of genital warts forever then you should know that you can remove genital warts by surgery, freezing, laser, acid or cream but genital warts can reappear again and again because genital warts appears when your immune system is weak!
HPV is the virus that causes genital warts. People can be infected with HPV and never show any symptoms. Others will develop genital warts. These warts can stay the same size, grow, or go away on their own. It largely depends on the infected person’s immune system. A healthy immune system means your body may be able to suppress the virus and not show symptoms.
Even after the warts go away, the person will always remain infected with HPV. That person can spread the virus even without showing symptoms.
so you must build up your immune system because your body can get rid of genital warts by itself if your immune system will be strong! so eat more healthy food, more vitamins and more sport activities! (No smoking, no beer/ale, no booze, no drugs, no junk food, no fast food garbage, no sugary sweet soda’s. Get on a good, balanced, healthy diet including plenty of boiled or steamed vegetables.
Drink P L E N T Y O F W A T E R , fruit juices & fat free milk. Snack on lots of RAW fruit & veggies. Get up one hour early every morning & take a BRISK 30 minute walk – then – do the same thing again in the evening after dinner. Make sure you eat a good, balanced breakfast daily. You get your energy for the day from your breakfast meal. Get 8 hours sleep each night. Flip your mattress over so it will level out to give you a good night’s rest. Slack off too much coffee & tea)
also you must use herbal treatment because you can not always live 100% healthy…!!!
in that case Wartrol is really good (probably the best) product that gets rid of genital warts comparatively fast and makes you feel more confident knowing that they wont reappear again! It works by stimulating your immune system to fight the HPV virus that causes the warts + it helps to prevent cervical, penile, anal and etc cancer because HPV virus in 70% cases cause cancer!!!
and of course it is better if you use full course (5 months – if I remember correctly).
It worked very fast and still works for me because I do not have genital wart outbreaks anymore and my papsmear is still normal!!!
May 17th, 2010 at 3:10 am
I was with my wife for 2 years before I got mine. I do not believe she cheated on me, its now 5 years on and she still has no sign of them.
So who knows whether I got them from her and she has no outbreaks or If i got them from someone else at least 3 years prior to my first outbreak and shes been immune to them for 5 years.
But the fact that after 5 years of sex with my wife, she still has no signs of them suggests she could well have already had the virus.
Unless your a virgin, there’s just NO way of ever knowing who infected who.
Even then there’s debate about whether of not you can contract the virus non sexually.
My first wart was at my belt line, no where near my genitals, I had no idea what it was. It was a couple of years after that before one appeared on my penis and I found out what they were.
September 16th, 2010 at 6:20 pm
I have been with my partner nearly 4 years now and he has now got genital warts. I have only been with him the whole time. I really don’t know if this means that he has cheated or not??
It’s driving me mad not knowing, of corse he says he hasn’t but I hardly expect him to just own up and say he cheated.
If anyone has any info to help me please?
November 8th, 2010 at 5:24 am
everyones experience is going to vary. I currently have them on my foreskin, i’ve battled depression since. I went to a local sexual health clinic and sat down with a doctor to get some real answers because frankly these forums are full of uneducated people on the matter. So after talking to a professional whom its her job to deal with sti’s and nothing else this is the low down.
1. If you have genital warts, they are 99% of the time harmless to your body.
2.most bodies are able to actually flush the virus out or suppress it to untraceable levels. Recent extremely sensitive DNA testing of the virus has actually proven that our bodies do over come the virus, in most cases. it was thought up until recently, and i’ve even had a couple doctors tell me that i would suffer from this for the rest of my life but this is just not true. the average life span of the virus to live in our bodies is about 2 to 3 years, with in that time period you may have different out breaks but, if you maintain a healthy life style you can lower that. ( its an excuse to get to the gym and finally get into shape, and a damn good one at that)
3. smoking majorly inhibits your bodies ability to fight anything off including then of course hpv. I was a a smoker, i have since stopped and noticed a difference. My body heals much fast after each treatment i receive and they do not come back any more.
4. the virus has the ability to lay dormant in your body for long periods of time, the reason for this is unsure, but its most likely a very individualistic reason and you shouldn’t take other peoples advice other than your doctors.
5. please do your self a favour, search genital warts on google ( i’m sure that how you’ve found this website anyway) and do some educated research. the answers you seek are out there read an academic paper from a med school, and follow that advice, not that of someone who clearly hasn’t done anything but read forums such as this.
the CDC ( center for disease control ) has some information, however research it and find academic research and not that of some rip off company.
The best of luck in the future, hold your head high, you will over come this.