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Hi there, I need some good advice. I don't know who to believe. My partner went for a check up had a pap smear and they found some abnormal cells. She was sent to a gyna and they did further tests and found out she has HPV the kind that causes cancer to the cervix. After doing further tests they noticed it was a whole lot of (cancerious) or bad cells in 1 spot and wern't to worried about it. They took tissue samples from the cervix and sent them to be tested. She told me if the cells were cancerious they would get rid of them. I won't know the results until a few weeks time. I can't wait that long. Her gyna said to her that hpv can't affect men and there are no tests to prove that they have hpv. Is this true? I read in one or your articles and u said "HPV manifests itself as painless, flesh-colored warts on the penis, groin, scrotum, thighs, and/or in and around the anus" My question is the type or hpv she has will this affect me if I had to get it? Thats if I don't already have it. What would you do if you were in my position? Would having sex with a condom & no oral contact with the virgina be a good choice until we get the results? Even then I'm not sure what to do. Please could you help me out. Your time is much appreciated.
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by Yvonne Fulbright: ()
Whether or not your partner's abnormal cells come back cancerous, she has still been diagnosed with HPV. Since she is infected with this sexually transmitted infection (STI), there is a good chance that she has either exposed you to it, or that you may have transmitted the infection to her to begin with. In having sex with her, even sex with a condom, you are putting yourself at risk for HPV, since this is a virus that can be transmitted via skin-to-skin contact, e.g., grinding. Oral sex with a barrier like a dental dam is a way to engage in sex play, but still protect yourself from disease.
With regard to males getting tested for HPV, a health care provider can put a solution of acetic acid on the genitals to see if there is any abnormal tissue, though, as you've read, there are often no signs of HPV infection and a person can just be a carrier. While your girlfriend's gynecologist was wrong in stating men cannot be infected with HPV, she was correct in stating there's no test that definitely proves the presence of HPV in men.
Thank you for visiting the Sexual Health Network.
Yvonne K. Fulbright, MS.Ed.Reviewed by: Patricia Fawver Ph.D. in Sexology
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