Dear ace32-ga;
Thank you for allowing me an opportunity to answer your interesting
question. As you can see I?ve done some considerable researcher on
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) in response to previous questions:
GOOGLE ANSWERS
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=402719
GOOGLE ANSWERS
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=117392
Unfortunately, there is no "cure" for HPV infection, although in some
patients the disease seems to simply ?go away? on it?s own. However,
experts disagree about whether the virus ever goes away completely, or
is just suppressed by the immune system so much that it cannot be
detected, even by the most sensitive tests available today.
According to the American Cancer Society, an entity that has a
particular interest in HPV because it is sometimes a factor in
cervical cancers, the issue about the immune system and HPV is
explained this way:
?If I have HPV and it goes away, can I get it again?
Most couples who have sex share HPV until their bodies? immune systems
get rid of it. Partners who have sex only with each other do not pass
the virus back and forth. When the HPV goes away, the immune system
will remember that HPV type and keep you from getting it again.
Because there are many types of HPV, being immune to one HPV type does
not protect you from getting other types.?
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_2_1x_What_Women_Should_Know_about_HPV_and_Cervical_Health.asp
One must keep in mind that there are more that 80 forms of HPV and
only a few of them cause genital warts. The disease is astonishingly
common and some people have the virus for years and never know it.
Does a person who acquires HPV always have HPV? Well, that issue is
debatable. Many experts do attribute the suppression of HPV to the
body?s immune system (as you alluded to in your question). Once the
HPV lesions are gone and no others can be found, and no new lesions
appear during the subsequent months, the chance of a person shedding
enough HPV to be actively infectious to a sexual partner falls
dramatically. Unfortunately there is no test that indicates, to a 100%
degree certainty, that a person no longer poses an infectious risk,
but what is known is that as months go by with no lesions found by a
skilled clinician, the possibility of being infectious is likely to be
increasingly remote. So, in short, it is true that it is not uncommon
for a some peoples? immune system to fight off the human
papillomavirus to undetectable levels in about 8-24 months. In people
with weaker immune systems the virus may continue to be present (and
even visibly apparent) for life. The truth is that little is known
about the factors that influence clearance of human papillomavirus in
some patients. At the risk of sounding overly simplistic, at this
point in medical technology if an examination indicates that a person
is infected, then he or she is considered infected and if an HPV test
does not indicate that a person is infected, he or she can assume, for
all intents and purposes, that they are not infected, keeping in mind
practicing safe sex techniques is always the best plan, especially
when dealing this a potentially communicable disease that can lie
dormant in it?s host. We cannot provide medical advice or diagnoses in
this forum but as I?ve pointed out, research indicates that if you are
not testing positive now you are likely clear, but you remain at some
degree of risk considering your sexual history with an infected
partner. Only time will tell for sure.
I hope you find that my research exceeds your expectations. If you
have any questions about my research please post a clarification
request prior to rating the answer. Otherwise, I welcome your rating
and your final comments and I look forward to working with you again
in the near future. Thank you for bringing your question to us.
Best regards;
Tutuzdad ? Google Answers Researcher
OTHER INFORMATION SOURCES
I WANNA KNOW
http://www.iwannaknow.org/basics2/hpv.html
ASSOCIATION OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
http://www.arhp.org/healthcareproviders/onlinepublications/clinicalproceedings/cc_introduction.cfm?ID=95
HPV FOR DUMMIES
http://www.healthandhpv.com/
AMERICAN SOCIAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION
http://www.ashastd.org/
ASHA ? INFORMATION TO LIVE BY: HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (HPV)
http://www.ashastd.org/stdfaqs/hpv.html
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