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Posted: 12-19-07 15:40pm
I'm not really sure, actually. I guess
maybe it's possible that a blood test
would show it but not a pap... you would
want to ask your doctor to be sure (if it
were you). Personally, I wouldn't trust
anyone who had it at one time and now
claims not to. It is possible she never
got it, maybe she just has a super immune
system? lol... I don't know.
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Roberta777
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And, Also to You Redfeather, Posted: 12-19-07 18:23pm
I am finally starting to understand that
it is really in us once you get it. Guess
it is like most things of denial that it
could actually happen to you.
Wonderful that you have somebody who loves
you unconditionally.
I have learned a lot from eHealth forum.
Honestly, these people have beyond great
to me.
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Roberta777
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Georgia Posted: 12-19-07 18:36pm
I have the pathology report and it says
that Hybrid Capture II Human Papilloma
Virus (Digene HC II) DNA assay.
High risk types of HPV: Detected.
The HPV assay was performed using Digene
Capture II. A detected test result
indicates presence of one or more HPV
types in the panel. The microtiter high
risk panel contains 13 HPV types: 16, 18,
31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59,
68.
So, you and Nightangel must be right. It
is through the DNA blood work, not the Pap
smear that really shows this to you.
Georgia, even if you have a super immune
sysem, been exposed to a person who had
multiple partners, does that mean that you
are not a carrier even if you believe you
have never had it? Seems to me, plain and
simple, touch it and you are going to get
exposed to it.
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Georgia59
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Posted: 12-19-07 18:58pm
I'm not sure if it's possible to be
exposed to it and not get it. It probably
is, just like you can be exposed to the
chicken pox and not catch it.
Also, you have higher chances of catching
it if the person who has it has a breakout
(sores).
If they don't have a breakout, you can
still catch it, but it's slightly less
risky.
However, if you had sex with someone who
had it, chances are that you do too. And
you can carry it and never show signs, so
unless you get checked, you wouldn't know.
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nightangel73
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Posted: 12-19-07 20:14pm
roberta of those high risk types the 16
and 18 are the most common, at least those
are the ones I always hear about. Yes the
virus is a strand of floating DNA so
that's what the test will be looking for.
The pap officially looks for abnormal
cells. With advance in medicine they have
just added this new feature to the pap
test to also check for the viruses at the
same time to save time. I think roberta
that you have been somewhat lucky because
having a high risk cervical strain for a
young gal who's never had children is a
big deal. There was this gal with this
bad hpv strain, she didn't even had actual
intercourse with the guy, just genital
contact and i recall her saying how many
times she had to see the doctor and how
many cuts to the cervix and how upset the
doctor was at the guy who did that to
her..
One point to have in mind is that you can
get inmune to one strand but if you have
sex with someone with a different strand
you catch that one too and then you have
another strain to deal with. You will
always be at risk of getting new strains
with new sexual partners. Just wanted to
point that out that just because you have
one strain doesn't mean you can't catch
other ones...
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Roberta777
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Nightangel Posted: 12-19-07 20:47pm
I am not young. I am in fact old. 66
years old and never should have allowed
myself to let this happen. At least, I am
never going to let it happen again.
And, I do have children, a son and a
daughter who have never complained about
that part time relationship. My son said,
"Mom, it is your life, you deserve to be
happy." But after finding about this
diagnosis and the fact it jeaprodized not
just my health but my property, he said,
"Mom, stop." And I did.
It is quite a journey but honestly today I
realized that I can't make it go away.
They can have HPV and not test positive.
I have it. Period.
Thanks, Nightangel
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princess24
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... Posted: 12-23-07 01:50am
From what i have read HPV cn still be
spread EVEN with the use of condoms, it is
spread from skin to skin contact. I also
read that the only way you can protect
yourself from it is not to have sex.
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amethyst eyes
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Posted: 12-23-07 15:14pm
What should be made clear is that their is
no test for HPV in men. They will be told
they have no STD's because as far as those
tests are concerned, they do not. My
boyfriend had absolutely no clue, and I
know this because we went together to get
tested and both came back clean (I was not
active before hand but did it just for the
heck of it).
The only way to diagnose genital warts in
men is to see them. The high risk strains
have no symptoms in men and cause no
issues so they will never know. He only
found out because he is the only man I
have ever been with and I had a positive
pap for dysplasia and High Risk HPV
