Hi,
Yes, you have transmitted the virus to your boyfriend. Now that he is infected with HPV, he will transmit the virus to anyone that he has genital contact with.
A HPV infection can persist for many years even without the presence of genital warts. Persistent infections with high risk HPVs are the primary cause of cervical cancer. HPV s are a group of more than 150 related viruses. Some types lead to the growth of warts, over 40 types are sexually transmitted and some high risk types lead to cancer. Both high-risk and low-risk types of HPV can cause the growth of abnormal cells, but only the high-risk types of HPV lead to cancer.
Although there is currently no medical treatment for HPV infections, the cervical lesions and warts that can result from such infections can be treated. Methods commonly used to treat cervical lesions include cryosurgery (freezing that destroys tissue), LEEP (loop electrosurgical excision procedure, or the removal of tissue using a hot wire loop), and conization (surgery to remove a cone-shaped piece of tissue from the cervix and cervical canal).
The LEEP procedure will not cure you of HPV, there is no cure. The procedure removes the precancerous cells and hopefully, prevents the progression of these cells to cancerous cells.
Only your physician is qualified to discuss the staging or advancement of your cells.
Hopefully, with the information that I have given you, you realize that waiting and doing nothing in the hopes that the precancerous cells will just go away is a risky and unwise decision. Of course, the choice is yours to make. You must realize that precancerous cells will do one thing--- turn into cancerous cells.
The bottom line is you are both infected with HPV. In 90% of cases, the body’s immune system clears HPV naturally within two years. I suggest you discuss your concerns about reinfection with your doctor.
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Hi,
June 13, 2011 - 5:10pmYes, you have transmitted the virus to your boyfriend. Now that he is infected with HPV, he will transmit the virus to anyone that he has genital contact with.
A HPV infection can persist for many years even without the presence of genital warts. Persistent infections with high risk HPVs are the primary cause of cervical cancer. HPV s are a group of more than 150 related viruses. Some types lead to the growth of warts, over 40 types are sexually transmitted and some high risk types lead to cancer. Both high-risk and low-risk types of HPV can cause the growth of abnormal cells, but only the high-risk types of HPV lead to cancer.
Although there is currently no medical treatment for HPV infections, the cervical lesions and warts that can result from such infections can be treated. Methods commonly used to treat cervical lesions include cryosurgery (freezing that destroys tissue), LEEP (loop electrosurgical excision procedure, or the removal of tissue using a hot wire loop), and conization (surgery to remove a cone-shaped piece of tissue from the cervix and cervical canal).
The LEEP procedure will not cure you of HPV, there is no cure. The procedure removes the precancerous cells and hopefully, prevents the progression of these cells to cancerous cells.
Only your physician is qualified to discuss the staging or advancement of your cells.
Hopefully, with the information that I have given you, you realize that waiting and doing nothing in the hopes that the precancerous cells will just go away is a risky and unwise decision. Of course, the choice is yours to make. You must realize that precancerous cells will do one thing--- turn into cancerous cells.
The bottom line is you are both infected with HPV. In 90% of cases, the body’s immune system clears HPV naturally within two years. I suggest you discuss your concerns about reinfection with your doctor.
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