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Diagnosed with hpv. Had one outbreak of warts but not for a long time now.
Is it common to just use a condom and not disclose to EVERYONE about it? I realized its not a 100% safeguard.
Tell your partner before engaging in any sexual activities. It's a matter of respect.
Around 70% of the U.S. population has HPV. You should both go get tested and you will probably find out that they have it also. By the way, if you get warts, just be relieved that strain is not the one to cause cervical cancer.
This is meant to bring up legitimate discussion. Not simply judgements when I'm sure most of you do not know the statistics and details on it. Also, it's not a disease its a virus. If you understood the commonality of this virus you'd understand my line of questioning. There is nothing selfish about this.
In fact, given international statistics, it's likely one of the four current posters has HPV and is unaware. Reality.
Could one not argue it is no different than shaking hands with someone who has hpv which causes warts on hands? The warts are the same, Should they have to disclose?
Your personal health information is just that; personal. Just the same as someone doesn't have to disclose the fact that they have HIV or Hep B/C, you don't have to legally disclose the fact that you have HPV.
Not telling your partner comes with repercussions as you can possibly imagine; whats right, and what is preference is up to you in the end.
Holy fuck. Tell him!!! That's messed up. He could catch it and if he proves you knee about it he can press criminal charges if he chooses to, depending on what state u live in. Idk if men are as seceptable to hpv as women but they can carry it. He could give it to someone else because he doesn't know he got it from you.
If you haven't had an outbreak for a year, the virus has most probably cleared from your system and you don't even have it anymore.
Even if it hasn't - I'm in my 20's now, and several of my close friends have been diagnosed with HPV - one of them in particular asked several different doctors if she should disclose it to her partner (genital warts strain), as she's just started a new relationship. Each of those doctors told her that as she'd had sex with the guy already (even though she used condoms!), he already had it and that its so common and harmless there isn't any point. Most people with HPV have no idea and never get an outbreak, I think it's like 85 percent of people never even show symptoms.
I hope that makes you feel better! Anyone can get HPV, it's not protected by condoms and you shouldn't feel like you have AIDS or something that you gotta fess up to. The close friend I mentioned was horribly depressed following her diagnosis (I advised her to tell her boyfriend for NO OTHER REASON than to get the emotional support from him) and it just makes me sick that things like this are so stigmatised that someone as awesome as her should have been nearly suicidal over it. She's only had sex with two guys in her life!
I do hope that one day people will feel comfortable talking about these things just so that the people suffering don't live in shame. I mean, if all 70% of the the population was outspoken about it, who'd even need to be embarrassed?
Have you ever seen The Room? Well that shit's gonna happen to you if you don't get your life in order. Shape the fuck up.
I really haven't told my partner either. I'm not sure how to talk to em about it
I'd be angry if someone didn't tell me this before having sex. Who the fuck wants warts?!?!
I think it is normal in the begining but if the relationship is to progress then you should tell them when the time feels right for you, my last girlriend has this and she never told me when we first dated and to be honest when she eventually did I really didn't care...
It doesn't make you a bad person and its not the first thing you want to tell a potential partner so as long as you play safe at the start then i personaly dont see it as a problem.
I never said I was doing this. Or that I have yet. That's why I'm asking.
Also, hpv is not curable so your aware, but harmless aside from causing warts in SOME people.
Also about 50 percent of sexuality active People have it anyway. Which Is why I question the need to disclose.
nah, don't tell anyone, spread your disease to as many people as possible like it was intended.