[Question #12406] HPV/Herpes/other from hospital transponder?
8 months ago
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Hi there. I’m weary of hospitals. I had vascular ultrasound of my leg. Tech used transponder w/gel along my groin area, where it meets my thigh, on both sides. I was in too much pain to insist she clean device in front of me. No plastic cover was used. I had her change the bedding. My concern is HPV/warts, Herpes, HIV. In hospital setting, on delicate skin where there could’ve been nick in the skin, I ask: What is incubation period for HPV in terms of testing or seeing sign of warts if something was passed? How would you test if you wanted to know (blood, other specimen)? What about Herpes or HIV transmission like this? Thank you.
8 months ago
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Edward W. Hook M.D.
8 months ago
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8 months ago
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-What is the outer limit/end of the incubation period for
when HPV would show up as positive post-exposure? (Not necessarily when warts
would appear but when a test post-exposure would show up as positive if it were
positive. I understand earliest per below is 2 months and have seen outer limit
as 8 months or 20 months)
-How do you test for HPV - if no
warts present? Does pap smear, skin scraping/swab/biopsy, or blood apply
here? What is the best in class test for HPV akin to the UW Western Blot
for herpes?
-What is the most reliable way to test for immunity
per Gardasil vaccine (given 3 doses, 3 months apart, in 2007)? Is it blood
test for HPV antibodies to HPV 6, 11, 16, 18 – is that the actual test?
Thank you! All the best.
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Edward W. Hook M.D.
8 months ago
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7 months ago
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Thank you, Dr. Hook. It’s hard to find correct data, and being informed is important. I got the 20 months from a research paper. Thank you for clarifying the 6 month post-exposure window. Last reply:
- Can one contract HPV/genital warts from skin to skin contact, without genital intercourse?
- And if so, if there was no genital intercourse, does HPV in women still show up cervically on the pap smear? Is that where it lives/is seen in the body?
- And what about oral sex – if a woman has oral sex but not genital intercourse, would HPV still show up cervically on pap smear? Or from a swab of the throat etc.?
Thank you for sharing with me, and us. All the best.
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Edward W. Hook M.D.
7 months ago
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