Since HPV can remain dormant for years there is no way to determine from whom you got it so just because a guys partner developed HPV doesn't mean he gave it to her. That's not exactly true regarding an HPV test for men. An anal Pap can be performed for HPV and this is routinely done in men who are HIV positive. If a man knows he has been exposed to high risk HPV, he can ask his doctor to do an anal Pap for HPV. I have a lot of respect for doctors but a lot of them know very little about HPV (ie. the doc who told Hemlock she shouldn't get the vaccine because she already tested positive for HPV. This is categorically false and even stated as such by Merck. Unless the specific strains a person has have been determined to be 16 and 18, then no the vaccine would do no good but since DNA typing is usually not done no doctor should assume that the patient has the types covered by the vaccine, if she doesn't have 16 and 18 but has 31 and doesn't get the vaccine and then develops cervical cancer later after being exposed to 16 or 18 who's to blame for that?)
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Since HPV can remain dormant for years there is no way to determine from whom you got it so just because a guys partner developed HPV doesn't mean he gave it to her. That's not exactly true regarding an HPV test for men. An anal Pap can be performed for HPV and this is routinely done in men who are HIV positive. If a man knows he has been exposed to high risk HPV, he can ask his doctor to do an anal Pap for HPV. I have a lot of respect for doctors but a lot of them know very little about HPV (ie. the doc who told Hemlock she shouldn't get the vaccine because she already tested positive for HPV. This is categorically false and even stated as such by Merck. Unless the specific strains a person has have been determined to be 16 and 18, then no the vaccine would do no good but since DNA typing is usually not done no doctor should assume that the patient has the types covered by the vaccine, if she doesn't have 16 and 18 but has 31 and doesn't get the vaccine and then develops cervical cancer later after being exposed to 16 or 18 who's to blame for that?)
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