Foster Care Support Group
Foster care is a system by which a certified, stand-in parent(s) cares for minor children or young peoples who have been removed from their birth parents or other custodial adults by state authority. Responsibility for the young person is assumed by the relevant governmental authority and a placement with another family found.
We got a call 4th of July about a little girl who's turning two in August. Mom was arrested for manufactoring meth and aggravated child abuse. We were told she had HPV. She was brought to us and upon opening her diaper I was horrified. I have some medical background, I'm in the dental field, so I've seen in books, google and in lectures genital warts, but NOTHING like this. This poor child has them all over her vagina, around the outide, the crease between her legs and girl parts and up her butt crack, she also has a terrible yeast infection.
DCS says that dad told them she got them from taking a bath with someone who had them. We researched it and from what we read you can't get them that way. It's either sexual contact or very rare cases from birth, but those are generally localized to the child's throat. Has anyone else ever dealt with this? The dr we took her too was just as horrified as we are and said she hasn't seen anything that bad on a child.
DCS says that dad told them she got them from taking a bath with someone who had them. We researched it and from what we read you can't get them that way. It's either sexual contact or very rare cases from birth, but those are generally localized to the child's throat. Has anyone else ever dealt with this? The dr we took her too was just as horrified as we are and said she hasn't seen anything that bad on a child.
Biologically speaking, there are several ways HPV can be transmitted to children. The first being sexual contact. perinatal, autoinoculation, and fromites. Although not all are fully proven, there are casee studies sufficient enough to support the statement.
Autoinoculation is the most questioned of the ways since the HPV virus itself has so many genotypes. Different genotypes are found in each form of the "sexually transmitted" viruses. So the concept of a fever blister turning into genital warts seems inconceivable. However, it is only one genotype away from the other.
Fromites are a larger possibility considering bacterial contamination. Where a child may not show signs of sexual trauma physically, that would not necessarily mean that no sexual abuse had occured. Child witnesses act. Later, child climbs up in mom's bed and mimics act she recognized (assume there are "items" included) Hence...........bacterial contamination.
I hope that helped a little. And I pray that the problem does not exist due to sexual abuse.