Just want to get the facts straight about HPV & Genital Warts?
I have 2 questions..
If a person who does not have HPV/Genital warts decides to get involved in a serious monogomous relationship with a person who does have HPV/Genital Warts –
1. Is it safe to say that the uninfected person will definitely aquire the STI somewhere down the line whether or not they use a condom?
and
2. Can the couple ever perform oral sex together?
May 26th, 2010 at 1:15 am
Edit: If you’re asking about active genital *warts* on the skin of your partner, those are extremely contagious. Skin to skin contact with warts will spread warts to the genitals of the partner with nearly 100% likelihood. Normal sites of infection could be anywhere on or around the penis or vulva, and internally in the vagina or anus of either partner even if those areas were not touched directly.
1. It is safe to say that the partner will contract HPV with 99% likelihood. However that is not to say that there will be genital warts – the bumpy lesions. It’s most common for the virus to live in the skin with no symptoms. This is more dangerous for women because some strains develop into cervical cancer.
The exact result depends on the strain that is being transmitted, and on the person’s immune response to it. The chance of exposure is nearly 100%, most people with more than 1 sex partner over their lifetime have been exposed.
2. Genital HPV rarely infects the mouth or respiratory tract, but it does happen in some rare cases. HPV strains are usually specific to certain areas of the body – foot warts stay on the feet, genital warts stay on the genitals, etc. but that’s not a guarantee.
I appreciate that you are looking for answers to responsible questions here. However you’re not looking in the best place![](http://picturesofgenitalwarts.net/help-for-genital-warts/" alt=)
Please start using the CDC as a starting point for information about health topics, especially the latest research-based information about infectious diseases.
May 26th, 2010 at 1:40 am
1. Yes and no. If the person with HPV was diagnosed very recently or they have visble genital warts, the other person will acquire the virus whether or not they use condoms. If the person was diagnosed with HPV several years earlier, the amount of virus in their system is probably extrmemly low. It’s quite possible that they have erradicated the virus entirely and aren’t even be contagious at all.
2. Why the heck not? Most people will have HPV at some point. If no one who had HPV ever had oral sex, there would no oral sex ever.