Can HPV go away on its own?

Sweetheart, 19 year old...I read your comment and would like to suggest a few things for you. Don't be afraid first of all. Check to see if you have hpv through your doctor. If your doctor says that you do, the vaccine (Gardisil) will not work for you. If you do have the low strand hpv, see if there is anything you can do to treat the warts. Keep your immune system healthy. I would recommend a total body cleanse...[website removed by EmpowHER moderator]
I am not suggesting that this cures anything by any means. However, it will not hurt to clean toxins out of your body and replenish it with the nutrients it needs after being "attacked". Anyways, I hope this helps a little for you, and good luck.

Wouldn't an anal pap infer that this is obviously a relationship involving sexual intercourse through anal sex with man-to-man, or is this a test that can be done and useful for heterosexual men as well? I am sure women have anal sex as well, but as we all know, we women can be tested through our paps, but just for men, heterosexual relationship men, can they benefit from an anal pap?

This is actually a very uninformed judgmental position to take. Not everyone who has HPV is even aware of it to inform their partner and many who do have HPV choose not to inform their partners. Given the propensity and high likelihood of you contracting HPV (80% of sexually active adults will have an HPV infection by the time they are 50) you may already have HPV and have yet to be diagnosed. This is unfortunately part of the judgmental attitudes that those of us with HPV must endure. It would be interesting to know this individuals perspective if they were diagnosed with HPV at any time in the future.

Just a heads up that there's no way to tell if your partner has HPV until you've contracted it. Maybe you should think that through next time before raining down on women in a difficult and unforseeable situation. I'm sure if there was a test that men could take and they knew that they had HPV, these women might not have chosen to do so either. Unfortunately for them, me, and everyone else with this problem, there is no way to know if your partner is infected, was infected or who infected who. It is definitely "a crap shoot" but it's not one that we chose to take, so I would suggest keeping your mouth shut and doing your homework before posting a hateful message with the only intent of hurting the women you're directing it toward and start posting messages with the intent of helping them.

There is no HPV test for men, so there is no way to tell if a man has HPV unless he passed it on to someone & got discovered in that manner. This is the information I got from my doctor.

Does this mean you would not be intimate with someone if they've ever had the flu virus?! You know, this is the way our bodies work, and when we have a healthy immune system, many of the virus we are exposed to, even become symptomatic from, then are suppressed by our immune system and are actually dormant in our bodies; our bodies are never 100% virus-free!

Anyways, let's use some sensitivity and thoughtfulness, here.

I agree that the best way to prevent the spread of STDs/STIs is through not only abstinence (depends how you define this: true abstinence is that there is no possibility of bodily fluid exchange; it does not mean just obtaining from intercourse). Safer sex, including condoms, are effective but also not 100%.

Dear original poster, I understand exactly how you feel. Thanks for posting the question. I am pretty much in the same situation as you. I am also in my 40's & diagnosed with HPV after my recent PAP test. I will have a colposcopy in 2 weeks & it's nice to hear that you came out clear. I hope the same for me :)

I have not had STD's all my life, having been in a monogamous relationship & then led a life of no sex after my divorce, until I met my current husband. My husband had couple of relationships from dating before he met me & his ex-wife was unfaithful. I have been feeling disgusted, sad, concerned & scared since that call from the doc's office. My husband is freaked out as well & does not feel comfortable having sex & nor do I.

I have done a lot of reading on the net, talked to my doc's nurse but am still feeling scared every once in a while. Today I managed to get a hold of my doctor & she told me that 75% of women who are sexually active get HPV and most of the time, the body fights the virus. My PAP test showed mild displacia, so she told me not to be concerned about cancer. She also said that having sex with my husband is safe & I don't need to be concerned about re-infection from the same partner.

I will hang in there until the cloposcopy.