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A 24-year-old female asked:
Will a mans body get rid of an hpv infection, the strain with genital warts, before it shows?
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Dr. James Fergusonanswered
Pediatrics 48 years experience
May never show: A man may not have visible warts with a related HPV infection & still pass them to a partner. The primary infection usually clears within 2 yrs in immune normal persons.
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A 20-year-old male asked:
If I have a low risk hpv virus infection in my body without genital warts, can genital warts occur after about 5 years?
Dr. James Fergusonanswered
Pediatrics 48 years experience
If you develop genital warts it would be due to a sexual exposure to a genital wart strain within the preceding months to a year.
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A 20-year-old male asked:
I had sex with a woman 1.5 years ago(I used a condom)(The woman was infected with low risk hpv viruses).I think I have a low risk hpv virus infection in my body.But no genital warts came on my body.Has my body cleared hpv viruses or is it dormant?
Dr. James Fergusonanswered
Pediatrics 48 years experience
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A 29-year-old female asked:
If a woman is infected with hpv type 6 and has 2 genital warts can the infection be passed on to a man if he only used his fingers?
Dr. Gurmukh Singhanswered
Pathology 51 years experience
Yes: HPV can be transmitted through sexual contact, without penile penetration. You may consult this site for more information.
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A 20-year-old male asked:
Can a person who has only hpv infection without genital warts get genital warts in the future if the immune system clears the hpv infection within 2 years?
Dr. Hunter Handsfieldanswered
Infectious Disease 55 years experience
There are over 100 types of sexually transmissible HPV. Two types (HPV 6 and HPV 11) are the main causes of genital warts, and usually do so within th... Read More
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A 20-year-old male asked:
I have never had sexual intercourse. The doctor told me I had a genital warts infection.I'm was wearing a friend's underwear one day How did I get hpv infection without any kind of sexual activity?
Dr. Birendra Tandananswered
Urology 36 years experience
Genital warts can be seen and felt and getting them from wearing a friends underwear would not cause them. You need to see a Urologist. There is an ov... Read More
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