Prevention of Cervical cancer - can you get HPV if both my husband and I were virgins? Is it a STD?

You get HPV from skin contact with a person who has HPV. If neither of you had sexual contact of any kind with anybody before you were married, your chances are 0. If you had sexual contact, even if it didn't involve penetration, there could be a chance, albeit slim. If there has been any third (or fourth) parties introduced in your relationship well, your risk goes up.





Don't even worry about it. If you were, in a very rare, rare rare case, have been exposed to it, you just go to the gyn and they use dry-ice and a cotton swab and take care of it. You are out in 10 min.





Regarding cervical cancer ... you can get that whether or not you have HPV, have an annual pap smear, if they see any abnormalities (like a wart), they will tell you. If lab tests detect any abnormalities they will call you within 48 hrs.





Don't fall for propaganda ... Pharmaceutical companies can make a run-of-the-mill conditions like a papiloma virus seem like a loaded gun, when it really is a common, benign condition. They make big $$ doing this. I don't want any injections or shots until it is proven that they themselves don't harm the person.

Prevention of Cervical cancer - can you get HPV if both my husband and I were virgins? Is it a STD?
Go to the site "www.webmd.com"
Reply:Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a virus that is transmitted through sexual, skin-to-skin contact. Penetration is not required to transmit the virus from one person to another, just skin contact. It can be passed through vaginal and anal sexual contact, and less commonly, via oral sex.





Yes it is a STD. So, if you're virgins, you don't have it. But in most cases, it does not cause anything serious. BUT, it can cause cervical cancer and genital warts so you should DEFINITELY get the cervical cancer( GARDISAL) you are not a virgin (or a partner)
Reply:You're married, and you've each had one partner, so your risk is comparatively low. If you're wondering whether or not to get the vaccine, I don't see any reason not to if your health insurance covers it. (It's pretty expensive.) If you'd rather not go to the expense, I think you can skip it.
Reply:No
Reply:Probably not but - You never know what the future holds- I would get the vaccine if I were you.
Reply:Yes HPV is considered an STD. If left untreated it can become cervical cancer.
Reply:HPV is an STD, and you can get it even if you dont have sex. There is now the HPV vaccine (Guardasil) that you can get I believe if you are between like 14-26. If you are still worried about cervical cancer, just make sure you go to the gyno yearly to be tested.
Reply:yes it is an STD.
Reply:no hpv is only spread by someone infected with it and is during sex.and high risk of getting cervical cancer comes with it. hpv is an STD but can get rid of by surgery/ if you get cervical cancer after that is not from std unless you get infected again by contagious host. prevention is yearly checkups and tx if necessary but would just show up on test as abnormal cells and if not treated progress to cancer but if you stay with regular visits good chance that any complications would ever occur if achieving ongoing normal results for no ab precancer coming back. but can never quit going because maybe the year u dony cance comes and its 2 late.
Reply:Genital warts, also called human papillomavirus (HPV), is a group of 70 or more viruses that infect the skin and cause warts. HPV is a very common virus, and it is likely that you will probably be exposed to one more strains of it during your lifetime. However, not everyone who is exposed develops an infection, and many people who are infected don't develop symptoms. HPV can cause warts on the face, hands, feet, genitals, anus, or cervix, and other areas of the skin. Different strains of HPV tend to infect different parts of the body. The strains that cause common warts, flat warts, or plantar warts (warts on the bottom of the feet) are not the same strains that cause the sexually transmitted genital warts. Most strains of HPV cause harmless warts that eventually disappear by themselves. The most common complications of warts include itching and occasional bleeding. In rare cases, warts may become infected with bacteria or fungi. HPV infection of the cervix is associated with an increased risk of cervical cancer. A few strains of HPV cause a type of infection that can eventually lead to cervical cancer. More than 90% of cervical cancer cases are thought to be caused by HPV infection with these specific strains. HPV is usually spread by direct contact with a wart, but it can be spread through indirect contact as well. Warts on the skin can be spread from one part of the body to another fairly easily, usually by scratching and bringing the virus to a new location; however, nongenital warts are not very easily spread from one person to another. HPV can survive outside the body, and does not require bodily fluids for transmission. Therefore, it is possible to contract HPV from surfaces that carry the virus, such as locker room floors. HPV infection of the genitals, anus, vagina, or cervix is a sexually transmitted disease called condyloma acuminatum. Condyloma acuminatum is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases in the US. It is caused by specific strains of HPV that are transmitted from person to person during oral, anal, or vaginal intercourse. Not everyone who is infected with HPV, however, develops genital warts. As many as 50% of people with genital infections show no symptoms, but can still transmit the virus to others. In rare cases, HPV can be passed from a mother to her child during birth. This potentially severe infection may cause warts to develop in a baby's throat. In some cases these warts can grow so quickly that they close off the airway, and may cause suffocation if a tracheotomy is not performed. The warts can be removed surgically or by laser, but recurrence is common. Oftentimes the warts disappear spontaneously at puberty. Some types of HPV would be considered an STD, there are different strains of this virus and the ones that would cause common warts or plantar warts aren't the same strains that can cause genital warts and cervical cancer. Go get a pap smear done yearly and have your GYN run HPV typing if you are concerned about HPV and cervical cancer, both high risk and low risk HPV strains can be picked up by doing this testing. Check out the gardasil website for information on the vaccine, it will give you more info on the types of HPV that can cause genital warts and cervical cancer.