My mind is now spinning back to my own cervical HPV and, similar to couple recent posters worrying Ive spread it. I havent given oral sex very often in my life which I guess I can see could give it a chance to spread.  But, I have had thrush a lot and I am sure I scratch at night and then have the remnants on my fingers before I then shower in the morning. I know i scratch my nose and face a lot in my sleep and generally as I am just super figety and get itchy a lot with allergies. Is this the way HPV would spread to these places and if so what would be the risk of csncer developing? Thank you.  Please dont laugh at me, my husband thinks I am being dumb but this poor lady got HPV there somehow and I can easily see how I coukd have too so am worried.

FYI, when nasal cancer is present it presents as a mass which can be felt.  Unless this occurs, my advice is not to worry about this rare event.  Should it occur,  an ear, nose, and throat specialist can evaluate you.  EWH 

I think elsewhere you or Dr HHH have said that something to the effect of hpv and other stis being stis because they aren’t spread through casual hand to mouth (or in this case!) nose or we would see more cases.  My own doctor referred to HPV as being “like glitter” because it gets everywhere which I think has made me pretty worried.

I do also know as of an appt this morning that I have HPV in my anal tract and am being monitored for this as is it has caused a small area of AIN2.

I have never once had anal sex but figure that the general pressures on the whole area during vaginal sex might cause strain and a cut or something that exposed the region there. 

I suppose the oral and nasal transmission is less likely because those areas haven’t been strained through sex and it would be traces on my hands not a potentially infected area of skin on my partner touching them.  I’m sorry, the AIN2 - especially in the absence of an anal activity whatever - and the glitter comment have made me a bit wobbly today.  I was reading the other answers for reassurance and think need to just focus on my own situation.  Any specific reasons not to worry about oral / nasal self infection when I have somehow still managed to get HPV anally from my cervix would help hugely, thank you.

The “glitter” comment.  I suspect that your doctor was alluding to two facts.  First genital HPV infections are so common.  It is estimated that more than 80% of unvaccinated adults will acquire HPV, often acquiring more than 1 strain.  Further, in women ano-rectal infections are relatively common- even in the absence of receptive rectal intercourse.  

I do agree with Dr. Handsfield that transmission of any STI, including HPV through transfer on hands and fingers is extraordinarily rare, so rare that the CDC and WHO Classify mutual masturbation, even when partners get each other’s general secretions on one another as safe, no risk sex. Transfer on hands and fingers may occur but it is very, very rare and something that is simply not a major concern.

It sounds to me like you are receiving good medical care and that you are thinking clearly about this. And moving forward I would suggest that you stick with the advice of your doctors and experts and do everything you can to stay off the Internet which is a all too common source of misinformation. EWH 

I also understand that E6 seropositivity is regarded as an emerging biomarker for oral cancers and my question is this: IF my HSIL has caused HPV E6 seropositivity, does that have any bearing on my risk of oral cancers, in and of itself? I understand that as an HPV carrier my risk if any HPV related cancer is elevated in general as clearly I have had contact at some stage with another carrier and that may well have resulted in an oral infection which may have cleared as it has in my cervix, or not, as it hasn’t in my anus.  However, I think I am right in understanding that there is not some biological pathway where my HSIL causes E6 proteins to start floating around my body which then themselves go and cause HPV related cancers in other areas such as the oropharynx like some strange version of metastasis. In short: if there isnt a preexisting HPV infection in the oropharynx, HSIL in the anus doesn’t have a mechanism we know of for causing a cancer elsewhere in the body: doee that sound about right? I am just so thrown by this AIN 2 news and want to really understand what it means.

Thank you so much, this is such a helpful service.

As you know, we provide up to three responses to each clients questions. This is my third response. Thus this thread will be closed later today without future replies. I hope the information I have provided has been helpful to you. Please don’t worry too much about your HPV infection.  Regular healthcare and sexual health check ups including testing for HPV will do much to keep you healthy. Take care. EWH