All the websites say not to have sex for two to three weeks after the procedure, but they say nothing about steps you should take to prevent needing to get the procedure again.
Information about HPV symptoms, detection and prevention
Information about HPV symptoms, detection and prevention
All the websites say not to have sex for two to three weeks after the procedure, but they say nothing about steps you should take to prevent needing to get the procedure again.
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If the person you are having sex with is the same…then you both share the virus…even though your partner is not showing any signs.
You and your partner will not ping pong the virus back and forth…you have the virus…you may have a reoccurrence due to auto-inoculation, reactivation of your virus…or new tissue being exposed again…and due to your body…you have not built the necessary antibodies to fight the virus….sex does create micro-abrasions which allows the virus to enter new tissue.
It is sometimes wise to use condoms after any treatment…reoccurrences usually occur with-in the first year or so….
Condoms do not prevent the transmission of the virus…but condoms may help in the regression of the virus for both the male and female.
Tell any new partner about your past infection….you can promise that you will not share your virus…and a new sex partner may share new HPV types with you.
I wish you well.
ping-pong” effect – in which you and your partner keep re-infecting each other with the same type. (In other words, you don’t need to worry about passing the same type of HPV back and forth.) However, if you become sexually involved with a different partner, you may pass any types of HPV that are “active” in your body to her, and vice versa.
Remember: HPV is not a sign that you or your partner has been unfaithful. HPV can be “silent” for many years before it is detected by a test. Your partner may have had the HPV virus for a long time, and there is no way to know when or from whom she got it.http://www.thehpvtest.com/About-HPV/FAQs…
They tell you not to have sex for a few weeks after the procedure because your cervix needs time to recover. I would follow your doctor’s instructions and wait on having sex.
Unfortunately, HPV is a virus that encodes its DNA into your own DNA, meaning it will be present in your body forever. It is possible that you will never display symptoms again because your body builds up an immunity to the invading cells. However, it’s possible that you could display symptoms again. Some women can be symptom free for years, and will have a reoccurance of displasia. Your gynocologist should be having you do regular (at least six-month) pap-smears to watch for displasia. Cervical cancer is 100% preventable as long as you take the steps to detect the abnormal cells before the develop.
If you have unprotected sex with a new partner, then it is possible that you could get a new strain of HPV – there are hundreds. If you have unprotected sex with the same partner (that gave you HPV), you will not have to worry about re-exposure to HPV because you already have that strain. Be aware, though, that men cannot be tested for HPV unless they display genital warts, and almost all the high-risk (cervical cancer-linked) strains of HPV do not cause genital warts.
Gardisil is a vaccine that prevents against SOME kinds of HPV, including SOME high risk strains. Getting the vaccine will protect you against some exposure, but like I said, there are hundreds of strains of HPV.
HPV is an extremely manageble STI, just remember to get regular pap smears!