[Question #11305] ChatGPT I am very afraid of HPV

15 months ago

Hello Doctor Hunter,

I have had many question marks in my mind for a long time, thinking about HPV. I read the writings of professors and follow people's life stories on the internet. On the internet, it is said that HPV is expelled from the body 2 or 3 years later, is this true? Does HPV get cleared from the body? They said at the last Singapore Congress that HPV is expelled from the body

15 months ago

I talked to Professor Suleyman Engin Ahkan, shared the reports from 9 months ago, and he said, "you don't have HPV." After talking to you, you took me back 16 years. I had condom-protected relationships with women in windows under government control in the Netherlands and with the escort from 9 months ago. You told me not to think about HPV, then you said that your spouse could also be at risk and should continue with regular tests. My head is very confused; I had the high-risk HPV test done for the escort and my spouse. Now, if these tests come back clean, my spouse could have contracted HPV types 18 and 16 or other dangerous ones in the future because of me.

15 months ago

9 months ago, I was experiencing anxiety and fear due to engaging with an escort. However, yesterday, you took me back 16 years; I was 18 years old at that time. Within two years, I visited escorts 6 times, and these encounters were always protected with condoms. These experiences took place in the Netherlands, where escorts typically work in window displays, hence why they are referred to as "Red Light" by the Dutch.

15 months ago

So, if I had contracted HPV, wouldn't my spouse have shown symptoms within 12 years? We have a child; wouldn't that have revealed something? Then the test came back negative. Furthermore, isn't there any guarantee for the high-risk test I had done 9 months ago with the escort who claimed to be free from types 18 and 16? Will one of these now infect my spouse?

I engaged with an escort in Turkey and I'm curious about how prevalent HPV is there. If you have difficulty understanding me, please let me know, as I'm using a translation tool

15 months ago

Doctor Hunter,

I'm just really scared of HPV. All the other tests I've taken provide assurance, but not just the HPV test. I want a definite guarantee whether I have it or not. I don't want my wife to die; every time I see her, I feel responsible as if she's going to die.

Please approach my concerns with understanding and help me with the HPV issue.

15 months ago

I would like to mention this as well, my spouse has been smoking for more than 12 years, and wouldn't the test she took have shown positivity if she had HPV? If I had contracted HPV 16 years ago, because smoking is said to be bad for HPV."

Edward W. Hook M.D.

15 months ago

Welcome to our Forum. FYI, Dr. Handsfield and I share the Forum and on this occasion your question was assigned to me. Fr. Handsfield and I have worked together for over 40 years and while or verbal styles differ, we are always in complete agreement on our response. It sounds like you may have been to our Forum in the past however I cannot access prior questions, perhaps you are using a different user name or e-mail response. Your 6 questions over the past six hours do not correspond to the guidelines for this Forum. I will provide a brief answer. If you wish to have follow-up questions (2 are permitted), limit yourself to a single point, not multiple as you have been doing.

Going to the internet regarding HPV is a bad idea. There is much misinformation there are it is hard to tell what is true and what is not. Much of what is there is our of date, misinterpreted, taken our of context our just plain wrong. To learn more about HPV please read some of the many other questions on our site about HPV- THEN if you have questions, ask them briefly.

Over 80% of sexually active persons will have HPV. In most of these people the infection is innocuous and of no consequence. In a small number of women (less than 1-2% of women with HPV and even a smaller proportion of men, the infection will go away without treatment over 2-3 years. In the small proportion in who the infection persists, a small number will have abnormal pap smears. If HPV is detected on a women's examination, her doctor may recommend follow up and treatment. HPV is even less of a problem for men and there are no recommended tests for HPV in men.

Your posts seem to indicate that your fell that your potential exposures to HPV may have occurred years ago but that neither you or your wife have had HPV detected. If that is the case, you have nothing to worry about. Your wife should continue to have regular sexual health checkups as are recommended for all women. Unless you have specific lesions of evidence of infection, you have nothing to worry about.

EWH

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15 months ago

Hello, thank you for responding. But I wrote about other things regarding the relationship I had with the escort in my writings. Actually, Doctor Hunter knows my story; if you don't mind, can I correspond with Hunter Sir? I had my first conversation with him, and he understands me best."

Edward W. Hook M.D.

15 months ago

You have just wasted one of your two follow-ups. As I told you clients are not permitted to choose who answers their question. I will be handling this question. Further, I would tell you that your story cannot be found in the records of our previous questions. As I said, either you used a different username or email account.

You have one follow up remaining and then the thread will be closed. EWH.

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15 months ago

"I am contacting with the same email address and username. If you had known my previous story, I thought I would get different responses. However, it didn't go as I wanted under this topic because I have to tell my story from the beginning. This means I am already losing 2 question rights, and the meaning of paying 25 dollars is lost. Money is not important, but I wish you knew my story and could be more knowledgeable about the subject."

15 months ago

"I checked my email and name, and I'm using the same account as the first day. I looked at my questions, and the topic I'm corresponding with Dr. Hunter is registered under this name and email. I haven't opened another account."

I don't understand why my previous correspondence with Dr. Hunter didn't appear on your end. At least you would have known my story."

15 months ago

'I haven't opened another account.'"

Edward W. Hook M.D.

15 months ago

I was able to find your recent earlier interaction with Dr. Hansfield. I agree with all that he said. Given your sexual history, it is possible, perhaps even likely that you may have acquired HPV years ago, but that it is resolved and no longer detectable. As Dr. Handsfield stated, you have seriously overreacted to the possibility of having HPV. Your history and test findings suggest that there is no reason for you to worry about HPV or its consequences at this time for you or your wife. There is no reason for you to continue to worry about HPV and no reason for you to continue testing. Your wife should continue to have recommended regular sexual health check ups of the sort that are recommended for all women.

You also mention HIV in your earlier interactions so I will point out that you have proven that you do not have HIV either. Unless you are exposed, there is no reason for concern no reason for testing. Please don’t worry. EWH.

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15 months ago

I reacted severely because HPV is very dangerous. However, you seem to imply that reacting severely isn't normal. Isn't HPV dangerous? The HPV test I had while escorting came back negative. If that's not a guarantee, then my spouse might get HPV and cancer because of me. Yet, their genotyping HPV DNA and smear tests came back clean, but apparently that's not a guarantee either.

15 months ago

"Sometimes it's misunderstood because of autocorrect, it says 'I did escorting there' but it should have been 'the escort test result came out negative'.

15 months ago

I'm wondering if I contracted HPV from the escort during the 4-minute sexual encounter 9 months ago. The escort didn't have warts, and 13 types of HPV tested negative. Four months after that encounter, my spouse underwent genotyping testing. I'm thinking if my spouse's test timing was sufficient, they would have tested positive if I had contracted HPV. Do you think I could have contracted HPV from the encounter 9 months ago? Three people tested negative.

Edward W. Hook M.D.

15 months ago

Your follow-up question will be the final follow up as part of this thread. Your statements above are repetitive and incorrect. You continue to overreact to the possibility of having HPV. Further, as you have already pointed out, you, the commercial sex worker you interacted with, and your wife have all been tested for HPV and found to be negative. Thus your concerns are needless.

As both Dr. Handsfield and I have each told you, for nearly everyone with HPV, the infection is innocuous and goes away without treatment over 2 to 3 years, causing no harm and not putting infected persons at risk for cancer. In a very small percentage ( less than 2-3%) of infected persons, most of whom are women, HPV infections can persist and lead to pre-cancerous lesions which sometimes but not always can progress to cancer if untreated. Recommended sexual health check ups for women are very effective for identifying pre-cancerous infections and allowing them to be treated with confidence and without risk for progression to cancer. Cancer due to HPV is so rare and men that routine testing is not recommended.

There is no evidence that you acquired HPV during the encounter with the escort nine months ago. Even more importantly, there is evidence (your test results) that you did not acquire HPV at that time. As a result, there is no risk to you or your wife.

This will be the final responses part of this thread. There should be no need for you to return to our forum. If you do return with further repetitive, anxiety, driven questions. Your question may be closed without a response and without return of your posting fee. EWH

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