Never hear about this. HPV- GENITAL & ANAL WARTS.

[RubberAustria]

2 hours ago, Close2MyBro said:

I had one experience with them, and much like you, was trying to figure out when I may have contracted them and from who. I asked my doctor (a proctologist) and he told me that trying to figure out when it occurred was a waste of time.  He says some people are exposed and develop them soon after exposure. Others could potentially carry the virus for months or years before developing symptoms, and some people are carriers who can spread it but never show any symptoms himself.

I got the same answer from my proctologist. 

[KatrinaSassy2019]

On 7/9/2023 at 6:06 AM, RubberAustria said:

Hi!

sorry for that. 
1. treatment starts with a Creme like Aldara.

2. if you still have warts after months of treatment surgery is the best decision

3. there exists a vac (three times: start than after 1 and than after 6-12 months). This doesn‘t protect you from the strain you already have. But: There are different high risc (can cause cancer) and low risc strains, a test can tell you which one you have. And after vac number 3 you are protected.

4…You need patience and try to boost your immune system (food, sleeping, sports…. it can be fucking- hope you have no pain).

5. you can have warts in/around your hole AND/OR in your urethra. Your Doc should check everywhere.

6. it might become a long journey but you will make it, babe! Fingers crossed 🤞 

Thatnks for the support. Im not a bug chaser so this is really depressing for me

[Guest]

On 7/9/2023 at 2:51 AM, bitbucket said:

Don’t despair. I got anal warts when I was about 22 years old. I had an operation and a surgeon removed them. It was a very painful recovery, and they came back, but I saw a doctor that treated them and within about a year they stopped coming back. Yes, I still have the virus in me, but I don’t have any visible warts. It’s important you work with your doctor. I am now 67 years old and I have not had another wart appear since they were removed in my 20’s. Get treated. You can still have a good sex life.

I had a friend have the exact same experience with anal warts. It was traumatic that first time going to the doctor, but it's a good thing he did.

[Hungryforbbc]

Any insight on oral/throat hpv infections? I’m dealing with the anal issue now but I’m worried that anything that’s been in my hole has also been in my throat 

[transferal]

On 7/11/2023 at 6:57 AM, Close2MyBro said:

No one I've know who has had them has ever said they've gone away on their own. If anything, they continue to grow if not treated.

Decision making around that is pretty individual and should be assessed with the physician.

I got HPV as a teenager before the vaccine existed because I didn't feel safe backing out of sex with a guy who had it.

It was found by a doctor who went way out of his way with routine screenings. He told me he thought my immune system would be able to clear it, which to be fair was confusing since I had like 4 different types of pneumonia earlier that year. Six months later there was no evidence other than his documentation I had it in the first place. Thankfully not the kind of cause cancer and I think it was no more than a small bump for me. Not every case needs treatment. (I am not a doctor but in my past career I worked for many doctors and nurses who spent a lot of time training me as they had me deal with a lot of patient education stuff.)

These days there's an HPV vaccine. I got it after exposure (I didn't have a strain that was included in the vaccine and the one I had was pretty safe for cancer risk and didn't usually cause much in the way of warts) and then I got the updated vaccine. The first time my age helped me to have objection free access despite the previous exposure but the second time (for the update vaccine with expanded protection) was definitely an educated patient asking thing. My response to "probably have been exposed" was that's very different than knowing I was exposed. (I also had 1 STD and 200+ sex partners in the year I asked so even the doctor who started to say "you don't need it" changed to "yes, get it now" very quickly.)

Short of people who just DGAF if they see evidence of infection and fuck anyway, it's unlikely anyone has all 9 types the vaccine protects against. Gay men are part of that high risk group and there's a lot of flexibility around the guidelines, so if you ask one doctor, try to justify it, and they still say no just ask someone else. There's also just the argument that anything you don't have yet if you don't get it as an active infection, it's much better just for public health if you can't get a new infection and then spread it before you realize. Doctors really should not be denying this in most cases... I suspect it happens only because you get HPV though sex. No other vaccine with such a low side effect and lack of added difficulty testing is gatekept quite so much as the HPV vaccine.

Edited 2 hours ago by transferal
Explaining exactly why I got the vaccine twice

[Rawonly06]

On 7/9/2023 at 9:51 AM, bitbucket said:

Don’t despair. I got anal warts when I was about 22 years old. I had an operation and a surgeon removed them. It was a very painful recovery, and they came back, but I saw a doctor that treated them and within about a year they stopped coming back. Yes, I still have the virus in me, but I don’t have any visible warts. It’s important you work with your doctor. I am now 67 years old and I have not had another wart appear since they were removed in my 20’s. Get treated. You can still have a good sex life.

Same expérience here. Got warts in 1982, surgery in 1983, wartsncome back in 1990 treated by meds and no visible warts then. Still keep virus in me but it's ok.

Don't worry. You can play bareback.