I think it's essential to tell your partner is you have HSV-2 or HIV, sure. HPV? Um, not sure about that one! The CDC even say that informing partners of a past HPV infection has shown to have little benefit as most people carry it. Virtually everyone who has HPV, regardless of strain will "clear" it. Whether that means it becoming dormant like VSV or it just clears like the common flu, we simply don't know. Regardless of what doctors tell you, HPV has many unknown characteristics. We still have a lot to learn.
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I think it's essential to tell your partner is you have HSV-2 or HIV, sure. HPV? Um, not sure about that one! The CDC even say that informing partners of a past HPV infection has shown to have little benefit as most people carry it. Virtually everyone who has HPV, regardless of strain will "clear" it. Whether that means it becoming dormant like VSV or it just clears like the common flu, we simply don't know. Regardless of what doctors tell you, HPV has many unknown characteristics. We still have a lot to learn.
August 24, 2012 - 4:04pmThis Comment
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