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Is It Safe To Have Sexual Intercourse Despite Having HPV Treatment?

hi, i had hpv in 2009, i did the required treatment through burning the tissues and done vaccine. every year i do papsmear & it s always clean. Two months ago papsmear showed C1N1, i did the burning tissue treatment again. my question is, if i have a sexual relation now am i going to transfer the disease to my partner?
posted on Mon, 27 Oct 2014
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Hello. Thank you for writing to us at healthcaremagic

Hpv is the cause of genital warts in both sexes.
Hpv is preventable by vaccine but vaccine does not treat already acquired Hpv infection. Nevertheless, the purpose of vaccine in you is probably intended to prevent future infection from different strains of Hpv.
Once acquired Hpv can stay for long periods of time, however, usually the body takes care of the infection by itself. So an HPV infection that is found today will most likely not be there a year or two from now.
Genital Hpv types particularly types 16 and 18 may also be responsible for early cancerous cell changes which later on may lead to invasive cervical cancers and therefore the need to monitor for these cell changes via Pap smears.
Since your Pap smear has revealed early cancerous changes, therefore, it is likely that you still carry Hpv infection and therefore it can potentially be transmitted to future sexual partners.

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Is It Safe To Have Sexual Intercourse Despite Having HPV Treatment?

Hello. Thank you for writing to us at healthcaremagic Hpv is the cause of genital warts in both sexes. Hpv is preventable by vaccine but vaccine does not treat already acquired Hpv infection. Nevertheless, the purpose of vaccine in you is probably intended to prevent future infection from different strains of Hpv. Once acquired Hpv can stay for long periods of time, however, usually the body takes care of the infection by itself. So an HPV infection that is found today will most likely not be there a year or two from now. Genital Hpv types particularly types 16 and 18 may also be responsible for early cancerous cell changes which later on may lead to invasive cervical cancers and therefore the need to monitor for these cell changes via Pap smears. Since your Pap smear has revealed early cancerous changes, therefore, it is likely that you still carry Hpv infection and therefore it can potentially be transmitted to future sexual partners. Regards