hI,
I just wanted to tell you all that the information you have posted here is very helpful. I am a 26 year old woman who has by no means slept around. I can count my sexual partners on one hand. I was just recently diagnosed with HPV despite having received the Guardasil vaccine when I was younger. I also always go for my annual check up and pap smears which have never been abnormal.
I am having a really hard time dealing with this emotionally. At first, I was angry with my current boyfriend because I assumed that I contracted it from him. I did not have a good understanding of what HPV was; I now understand that I could have literally contracted it from any one of the men that I shared intimate moments with. Just a few questions
1. If my partner has HPV is it necessary that we use condoms? Can we continually reinfect one another? Or does the body acclimate to the infections that you share?
2. Are there any helpful support groups for those of us who have been diagnosed with HPV? Or better yet, do you have any advice on how to deal with the emotional hardship of being diagnosed?
3. Is there anything I need to know when I plan to conceive?
Thank you so much.
I apologize if my questions have already been answered somewhere between pages 20 and 25. I had to stop reading because I was crying.
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hI,
January 26, 2012 - 9:58amI just wanted to tell you all that the information you have posted here is very helpful. I am a 26 year old woman who has by no means slept around. I can count my sexual partners on one hand. I was just recently diagnosed with HPV despite having received the Guardasil vaccine when I was younger. I also always go for my annual check up and pap smears which have never been abnormal.
I am having a really hard time dealing with this emotionally. At first, I was angry with my current boyfriend because I assumed that I contracted it from him. I did not have a good understanding of what HPV was; I now understand that I could have literally contracted it from any one of the men that I shared intimate moments with. Just a few questions
1. If my partner has HPV is it necessary that we use condoms? Can we continually reinfect one another? Or does the body acclimate to the infections that you share?
2. Are there any helpful support groups for those of us who have been diagnosed with HPV? Or better yet, do you have any advice on how to deal with the emotional hardship of being diagnosed?
3. Is there anything I need to know when I plan to conceive?
Thank you so much.
I apologize if my questions have already been answered somewhere between pages 20 and 25. I had to stop reading because I was crying.
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