HPV What are the treatments?

Question

My wife was diagnosed with HPV and I was hoping to find available treatments for this. I understand that it may lead to cancer and that treating it like a yeast infection is about the only know treatment. Are there any others.....and can this be spread to me or any of our children that may be born in the future?

Answer 1

There is really no treatment for HPV but she needs to get regular paps. There are dozens of strains of HPV. It is extremely contagious. Not all strains cause warts, some just cause an abnormal pap.

You might get it, you might not. If she has the strain that does not cause warts, you probably will not get anything.  

Answer 2

This link will help you learn more about HPV of cervix  and the treatments that may be needed to help remove cell changes of the cervix

  

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/under...

Treatments will depend on how much tissue involvement there is...her Pap test found abnormal cell changes and her HPV test confirmed that the cell changes were due to HPV.  

None of the treatments to remove abnormal cell changes would be like a yeast infection where you may give an oral medication or given a cream.

HPV is a sexually transmitted disease.  You and your wife share your HPV type.  Men do not usually share the same risk factors as the woman.  The virus can be transmitted through oral s*x and men do seem to be at an increase risk factor for oral HPV…... HPV is rarer than a cervical HPV infection.  If you want to know more about oral HPV:

www.theoralcancerfoundation.org

You or your wife may have acquire your HPV infection from any past s*x partner...but as of now you both do share your HPV type...men do not usually show any signs of the virus...some men do show an almost flat wart...see your doctor if you want to have a visual of your genital area.  

There is no FDA DNA approved HPV test for the male...

Most genital HPV types are transmitted through s*x or hand to genital s*x play.  There is a small risk of transmitted the virus to child larynx ...but her doctor would explain these risks.  

I wish you and your wife well.  

  

Answer 3

Usually the woman just has to go for follow up pap smears every 3-6 months to make sure there are no new changes.  There are several types of tratment involving burning/freezing the lesions.  HPV can be spread to you but chances are you wont have any symptoms.  Doctors still dont know too much about HPV.  Sometimes people will test positive for HPV and then will never test positive for it again.  Doctors dont know if it actually goes away or if it is just dormant.  As long as your wife follows up with her OB GYN she will be fine