HPV Support Group

Human papillomavirus is a diverse group of DNA-based viruses that infect the skin and mucous membranes of humans. More than 100 different human papillomavirus (HPV) types have been characterized. Some HPV types cause benign skin warts, or papillomas, for which the virus family is named. HPVs associated with the development of such "common warts" are transmitted...

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From Bad To Worse!

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I think my boyfriend (the one that gave me the high risk HPV) has genital warts too! I felt, and then saw, three small bumps of round, rough dry skin - they didnt look like cauliflower but there are 3 whitish bumps on the side of his penis. He said - I noticed those a "while" ago but the dont look like the HPV warts that are pictured on the internet so I didnt say anything. 


Of course, I am making him a doctor appointment for him with a dermatolgist as soon as they open up today!! They actually dont look like the cauliflower looking warts that are pictured on the internet but there is something there. There are 3 small round bumps. The thought of having sex with him or anyone makes me sick!!! It was already bad enough that I have the deadly strains of HPV that can give me cancer, but now, with thoughts of getting genital warts too, there is no way I want to have sex. PLUS, I do not have the money to keep spending on medical bills and treatments. These medical appointments consume my days off work and add to the overall of misery of my life!


I am having a LEEP to remove CIN2 on my cervix on June 4th. I told him I cant have sex 10 days before the procedure and for 6 weeks after the procedure so that bought me some sex-free time, but honestly, the thought of sex with him ever again makes me sick. I have no desire whatsoever to have sex. I think of sex as DISEASE - with suffering, painful medical procedures, expensive medical bills and time consuming doctor visits. Not only dont I not have any sexual urges, I have total repulsion when thinking about sex. Not just with him, but with anyone. It read that HPV warts can be so small you dont see them and of course the high risk HPV strains are invisible so everyone has the potential to be contaminated.


I'm so upset now, I cant believe now I have to worry about warts and cancer - of course - the huge amounts of money it costs too!

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Update - I personally took my boyfriend to the dermatologist yesterday and he did have genital warts caused by HPV! The dermatologist pointed out all of the warts to me. They were not just on his penis but his entire groin area! Some of the warts were very small. None of them looked like the "cauliflower" warts that I saw on the internet. They looked like psoriasis or moles to me. They were not itchy or bothersome to him at all, he only went to the doctor because I dragged him there. He had about 5 areas on his groin with clusters of warts some so small that I would have never seen them. That's why condoms dont prevent warts, he only had 3 on his penis and those were at the base of his penis that a condom wouldnt have covered up and the rest were all over his groin area.

Of course, now I'm worried that I have warts that I dont even know about or that I could have warts some time in the future. This is such a freakin' nightmare! I dont want to ever have sex again! Sex makes me think of disease and huge medical bills. Sex is repugnant to me now. Sad because it used to be a pleasure and now I hate it.