Your tests after your last encounters with your occasional partner have proven that you did not get any STIs from him.  I can assure you of this.  As for the HPV, clients regularly ask where they got their HPV infections from and the answer is that there is simply no way to no.  Your positive test could have be from an infection acquired long ago, or more recent.  Irrespective, as long as you get your regular GYN follow-ups this infection should have no serious consequences for you.

The appearance of blood in ejaculate (semen) has a medical term- hematospermia (blood in the sperm).  There have been several careful studies of this and there is NO association of hematospermia with STIs despite the misinformation that you have seen on the internet.  On most occasions hematospermia is a transient phenomenon which occurs once or a few times and then goes away.  I anticipate that this is what your husband experienced.  Should the problem persist, then he should be checked by a urologist.  In the meantime however, I would not worry about it being caused by an STI.

I hope this information will help you.  Please do not worry that this is a result of your encounters with your occasional partner.  EWH

And for my husband, thank you for the clarification around blood in semen.  It was also yellowish this week too  - do you think that is unrelated to STI and more likely related to the blood?  He hasn’t complained of any other symptoms like burning while urinating or pain or discharge.  I agree if it continues to be an issues, he should talk to his dr. 

I am in therapy and working on myself.  I adore my family and my husband - I truly pray this can all be behind me. 

Thank you Dr.  

Your husbands, discolored ejaculate they reflect the presence of blood as I mentioned above.  I would not be worried that he has an STI.

EWH

It has been a couple of weeks & no reoccurrence of my husbands blood/discolored sperm.   

I thought I would take advantage of the one follow up I still have.

I am hoping to have another baby.  I am sure it is my anxiety, but I’m so fearful that I’ll be pregnant and test positive during pregnancy which would be catastrophic.  I also want the opportunity to approach a pregnancy relaxed, at peace, and enjoying the blessing.  Also, my previous pregnancy was smooth and baby was healthy, thank God. 

As I mentioned earlier, Dr Handsfield mentioned the possibility of rectal testing and then possible reinfection of the vagina.  I never thought to test there of course and I have never been tested there by my dr.  What are the chances that something could be missed? No anal and we mostly used a condom except for maybe a few seconds from what I recall. 

What are the chances my husband and I could be giving it back and forth for over three years?  He has had zero symptoms and I have had itching sometimes, but that was also postpartum and external itching. 

Are there other things I should be concerned about as far as STI? Hep C? 

Again, just wanted to finalize all my lingering questions.  Hoping to be able to close this chapter, forgive myself & hope for a healthy future pregnancy should that be in the cards for my family.

Thank you so much Dr!

I would not be worried about other STI at all. FYI, hepatitis C is almost never sexually transmitted and it’s not a concern at all. Should you get pregnant? You would be screened as part of routine prenatal testing. I am confident that should this occur, your tests would be negative. 

Please don’t worry. It’s time to put these concerns behind you and move forward. I wish you the best. EWH