Hpv itself does not cause any signs or symptoms. Warts in or near the genital area can often be felt with a finger and are visible to the naked eye.
You probably should stop guessing, but I know how difficult it is to not have health care. But the real question is how is hpv diagnosed?
While a blood test can check for hpv infection, a positive result doesn't really say much. Being infected with hpv does not mean that genital warts will develop.
Genital warts should be reported to a health-care provider. The warts should be biopsied – a sample collected in a minor surgical procedure – to determine if they might go on to cause cancer.
Women should have their first cervical pap smear by age 18 or when they become sexually active, whichever comes first.
An abnormal pap-smear result calls for closer examination. At this point, a colposcope or anoscope – two magnifying devices – are used to look for cancerous or pre-cancerous patches, or lesions, inside the anus or cervix. These lesions are often referred to as either anal or cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (ain or cin). If lesions are found, a biopsy can be performed to learn more about the abnormal cells.
This list goes on and on. Your husband will be fine, but try to get to that free clinic to check things out. After all, it's possible that you don't have hpv. You can't or shouldn't symptom search over the net.
