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A member asked:

How long (months/years) can you have hpv (human paploma virus) before you start getting genital warts?

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A few months: About 2/3rds of people who are exposed to the hpv strains that cause genital warts (type 6 and 11 are most common) will develop warts. The incubation time is variable but somewhere between 3 weeks and 8 months.

Dr Ferguson and 3 doctors agreed

Answered 4/5/2018

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I had sex with a woman who was infected with genital warts about 1.5 years ago.But after about 1.5 years I still did not have any genital warts.Is hpv virus clear from my body?Will I never get genital warts?

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Will i have HPV for life? I am 24 years old with genital warts and a recent LGSIL pap smear. Will my boyfriend of 6 months get the virus too?

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HPV(genital warts) can be cleared on its own within 2 or 3 years, what about HSV? Both of them are belonging to viruses groups.Which is more dangerous

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Does your body usually eliminate the HPV viruses 6 and 11 that cause genital warts within 2 years? Even if you have warts?

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Will the body usually clear the HPV virus 6 and 11 that cause genital warts with two years?

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