HPV and all that it entails. Transmission, treatment, talking with partners. I've read
this and
this and
this. I've talked to my doctor, I've read the websites, I'm still confused. And do I need a new doctor?
[more inside]
posted by anonymous
on May 30, 2006 -
6 answers
Possible-STD-filter: I recently slept with a woman a few times. She just learned from her doctor (and kindly notified me) that she has
Human Papilloma Virus (the nice way of saying "genital warts"). We had very safe sex the couple of nights we spent together, but each link I've found talks about how condoms don't provide 100% protection and how men are effectively just carriers. Further,
no tests exist to determine whether men have it.
So what do I do? I've seen no symptoms arise in the month or two since we slept together, and while I'm not fighting off teeming hordes of nubile women, I am single and would like to retain the option to round the bases when and if the opportunity occurs, without worrying about endangering their health (HPV apparently can lead to cervical cancer in women).
This is exactly the sort of thing that makes me so grateful for AnonyMe's existence... except I can't imagine responding to it myself.
posted by anonymous
on Nov 2, 2004 -
8 answers
