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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Hello Everyone
I'm new to this, but I must say I'm glad something like this is available - there's been so many times I wanted to talk about this. But, it's difficult when you're talking to someone who's not going through it or know anything about it.

I found out I had GW in about April of 2006. I met my boyfriend that I'm still with now in Sept. of 2005. He's very supportive and I'm not sure if I got if from him. He has no symptoms..NOTHING!
So I got a breakout in April '06 that I originally thought were razor bumps. I had 2 Cryo treatments and it got rid of them..until Oct of this year..I just had a cryo 2 weeks ago and I'm due for another tomorrow. Any advice?? I really need some support. For a long time I thought I was the only one battling with this :(
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i used the tea tree oil for my last outbreak. it worked for me. as for advice? i guess after a bit you just get used to it in as far as the idea that you have it and always will. it sucks, but you can;t just mope around forever ya know? just try to kepp your head up. drop me a line if you want to talk more
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Wow, our stories are VERY similar. I'm married and I don't know if I got my HPV from my husband or not. He has GWs and I have high risk HPV as well as GW causing HPV. I had no idea that I was having a GW outbreak even though I was diagnosed a year prior because at that time I had NO symptoms of GWs. I thought that I just had a shaving irritation. A week or two later I found internal GWs and knew that it was GWs. I opted for the acidic treatments but am disappointed with the results - I am going back for my THIRD treatment tomorrow. The first got rid of all but one and NOT EVEN a month later I now have a worse breakout. I got them treated and I don't think even one has gone away - I think I may have more. I'm going to tell my doctor to go aggressively with the acid treatment this time because I really want this to go away. If they don't go away this time I'll do one more application and then look at other treatments. I refuse to use aldara due to an extreme adverse side effect and pretty much feel that if acid isn't working I don't think most creams will work any better. But I wonder how the Cryo works? How did you feel about it? Did it work for you?

ANYWAY you really ARE NOT alone on this. I'm going through treatments right now myself. Send me a message anytime, I'd be glad to talk with someone who's going through this too. :-)
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