Prevention of HPV?

I was briefly exposed to HPV last night. Is there anything I can do today to prevent myself from getting the virus? Is it too late for innoculation?

Prevention of HPV?
HPV or the human papillomavirus is a common infection that causes abnormal growths of tissue on the body. While almost 75% of the sexually active population is infected with HPV, the virus causes no symptoms or problems 99% of the time. In other cases, it leads to genital warts or cervical cancer.





With the exception of abstinence, there is nothing you can do to conclusively prevent HPV, as HPV is spread through skin-to-skin contact (vaginal, anal, and oral sex). Of course, using condoms does reduce risk. Unfortunately, innoculation is effective only before exposure.





It is definitely important to visit your gynecologist and get tested, as it has been estimated that two thirds of those who have sexual contact with an infected person will develop HPV. BUT, do not worry unnecessarily - having HPV is really not the end of the world...Millions of people have the virus and they are perfectly fine and lead normal, healthy lives. In fact, the virus (while thought to be dormant in the body) often clears on its own. For everything you wanted to know and more on HPV, feel free to visit the following website: http://health.ivillage.com/gynostds/hpv/...





Good luck!
Reply:If you had sex with someone who has HPV there is not much you can do at this time. My question is why didn't you already get the shots before you engaged in sex? Your best bet is to call your doc and get all of the facts from your doctor.
Reply:Unless you were previously a virgin, odds are that you likely had 1 or more strain of HPV before this encounter if you are sexually active. Dont worry though as HPV is well tolerated and often shows no symptoms. Just maintain regular obgyn visits to make sure your sexual health is good. Unfortunately, HPV is an infection where drug companies stand to make lots of money on a vaccine. Fear propaganda waters the money tree that some pharmacuetical companies grow from. Not to downplay cancer and mortality in anyway, female suicide is almost 3 times more women a year than cervical cancer deaths.
Reply:Everything you have been told up to this point is absolutely correct. Follow their advice.
Reply:dont have sex, you can get hpv from someone that is wearing a condom, and men are asymptomatic, they are carriers, but it does nothing to them, so there is no way to know.....well let me rephrase that...there are over 100 different strains of hpv, about 13 that cause genital warts, and about 20 that cause cervical cancer. so if you have one of the other 67 then you will not have symptoms except MAYBE abnormal cells on your pap, and if that is the case they will monitor you by doing repeat paps every 3-6 months to make sure that your cells dont mutate to cervical cancer, that is y most of the hpv is undetected and that kind is the most common. just dont have sex.