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Can HPV go away on its own?

By Anonymous April 13, 2009 - 1:08pm
 
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I was just diagnosed as being positive for HPV and will have a culposcopy in a few days. I've done some research and have read that once you have HPV that it will never go away. But I asked the nurse at my doctor's office and she said that in some cases, the HPV will just go away and your body will recover on its own. If that's the case, how often does that occur? What are my chances that my HPV will just eventually go away?

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Anonymous (reply to Anonymous)

I was diagnosed with hpv 3yrs ago and mines never went away I'm so scared. I had a abnormal Pap smear last week and was called in for another one they said it was any other std. So I'm guessing I still have hpv and it will never go away but I also read abnormal Pap smear could mean yeast infection is that tru? I pray to god I am healed for hpv and it isn't serious!

August 26, 2014 - 2:53am
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Anonymous (reply to Anonymous)

Dont worry dear .hpv infection goes by itself.it can takes a short time about six month in majority and it can takes a long time like you.dont worry about paps because abnormal pap doesnt mean that you are sick.hpv can be eradicate even completely it depends on woman! And if doensnt gone for ever it can be dormant that both conditions means you are ok and hpv cured. Best wishes

November 20, 2014 - 1:38am
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Anonymous (reply to Anonymous)

Dont worry dear .hpv infection goes by itself.it can takes a short time about six month in majority and it can takes a long time like you.dont worry about paps because abnormal pap doesnt mean that you are sick.hpv can be eradicate even completely it depends on woman! And if doensnt gone for ever it can be dormant that both conditions means you are ok and hpv cured. Best wishes

November 20, 2014 - 1:37am

I was diagnosed with HPV several years ago and was told that in many cases it goes away on its own. At my last physical, a year and a half ago, I asked the nurse when she called with my results (negative) about my HPV and she said it was also negative.

October 4, 2013 - 5:13pm
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Dear empowher,
I am 23 years old and I was just diagnosed with an abnormal pap smear..results were ascus positive for HPV. Ascus being the lowest level of cell abnormality. The most terrifying part was testing positive for hpv..I haven't always made the smartest decisions with being safe all the time and now I live to regret my decisions. I am struggling so badly emotionally with this I don't know how to ever resume having a normal life again. Its hard to say who I contracted it from because I probably contracted it from someone who didn't even know they had it. The hpv test was concerned high risk and not low risk - no genital warts or lesions. I have never had any physical symptoms at any point in my life which is why I guess my results were related to the high risk type and not low. Although this is devastating news I have taken full responsibility in educating myself. Is it true that I can fight off the infection and test negative in the future and remain that way? Is it true that your body can "rid" the virus from the system without it coming back? There are a lot of questions I have written down for my gyno I am going to do a colposcopy soon and I am extremely nervous. I am young and afraid and I would really appreciate any support than I can get. I am an only child with no siblings or a lot of friends I can use a lot of support from others going through the same as me. Please help me I would greatly appreciate it and I will keep everyone posted with my colposcopy results and any new information pertaining to my diagnosis. Please help in any way :(

signed,
anonymous <3

July 4, 2013 - 7:15pm
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Anonymous (reply to Anonymous)

Awww I really feel for you I have low risk HPV and I'm also afraid I'm only 21 and my social life is completely over... But keep your head up do not dtress

August 15, 2014 - 6:48am
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Anonymous (reply to Anonymous)

I am also 23 and went through what you went through. Had my first colposcopy this past January. I just recently went back for a pap and will know results in two weeks. Hopefully that did it, if not I heard you have to keep amputating your cervix so to say to get rid of those bad cells. I was going insane at first thinking about it but I live with it now and its all power of the mind. God really blessed me with a great boyfriend that did not judge me and supports me all the way I have to admit I do not know if I could have done it without him but a bigger part of me really does believe that if in your mind your healthy so will your body. Just treat your body that way its supposed to be maintained exercise,vitamins, healthy food and a high spirit.

September 17, 2013 - 5:41pm
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Anonymous

Well I was diagnosed with Hpv 2 years ago when I went in to a clinic to have some tiny white taste bud looking warts on the bottom part of my vulva ( I couldn't see them by plain looking I pulled down the bottom skin on my vulva looked at, the area was sore and even a gentle rubbing with a q-tip would cause them to come off all together and the area would bleed and that would spread more. I have been tested for it about 3-4 times since then and have came up clear and I also had a baby boy and he was perfectly healthy and fine. I recently tested for it and nothing has shown up. I also look and check often to make sure I'm still clear. But the doctor that diagnosed me told me it would go away on its own after 2-3 years. It sounds about right.

March 27, 2013 - 2:06am
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i am an 18 year old white male. i have been with my current girlfriend for 7 months. about three months ago we both developed genital warts. her on her anus and me on my penis. i understand it is uncurable but tea tree oil has cleared it up for us both (its not totally gone yet) my question is will either of us giving oral sex result in oral warts or cancer? or will just touching it spread it all over my body or hers after we are infected?

January 31, 2013 - 1:16am
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Anonymous (reply to Anonymous)

Dear 18 year old writer with genital warts. I was married 11 years and then divorced for 3 years when our family found out my ex (my kids dad) had stage 4 throat cancer from HPV. I was horrified. The dr said he could have been exposed to it a long time ago, that is can spread orally, but generally, it is spread during oral sex, mouth to vulva etc. Then I worried about his kissing the kids on the head or them feeding him food...you know babies are always trying to eat your food or force you to try their teething cookies. Anyhow, I got my youngest looked at. And then I also made an appt, long ways out, to see one of the drs. from the CDC. He said everyone is exposed to HPV everyday. It's on grocery cart handles, its everywhere. THere used to be a few dozen strains. Then, at that time he said we were up to about 150 strains. But 2-3 strains, at that time, were known to be cancer causing. THEN i researched the vaccine. Turns out that can ruin a kid far worse if they are allergic or intolerant of the vaccine. IT can disfugure these girls' faces, bodies. Horrible. I'd never suggest it. My youngest stayed a virgin all through highschool and into college. Watching her dad nearly die, going through chemo, radiation, and a systemic blood disease...was enough for my kids to know, you don't fool around with people til you really know them, and you hope to stay with them for a serious relationship. No one night stands for them. WAY TO RISKY. Dr. said for men, it can take some time for oral cancer to finally get going and become irritating or sore enough (cuz you can't see it, and he thought he just had a long lasting sore throat). It's been 5 years or more. He has been cancer free after the first 18 months. And he gets checked annually now. But no sign of it. He is cured.
Now, I have it. But not orally. And, it was devastating to me. I instantly lost my very active sex drive (when in a monogamous relationship...my bf broke up with me after the diagnosis). I had a culposcopy done a little over a year ago. I was supposed to go back in six months as it was positive, juast as my pap was. And, I had the type that can cause cancer. I have crainial nerve issues that mad a brain surgery necessary about 4 years ago. So, I just have not been able to emotionally address the second issue. The HPV. They can't cure it. If it turns to cancer, I've seen what that takes out of a person to save them. I didn't go looking for this topic today. I was searching out some art ideas as I am into art and photography. Somehow, it lead me here. I will go ahead and get that second culp done and let you know they outcome. And then we will have at least one example of what happens if you do nothing after your first positive culp.
~SOWD. (Sick of wacky disorders)

August 16, 2014 - 4:14pm
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