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Anal Cancer and HPV risks in a long term relationship
I am becoming increasingly alarmed at recent press stories concerning anal cancer and HPV. I am in a stable, very long term monogamous heterosexual relationship, ( 25 years) and neither of us have had any extra marital affairs. We have had however a varied sex life, and have, occasionally tried anal sex, ( always with a condom ) anal foreplay and sometimes oral/anal. My worry is that this could have inadvertently given my partner HPV either from her or me, and risked anal cancer, which is a very scary thought, for which I would never forgive myself. There have been no positive smear results in all those years, am I worrying needlessly?
FYI,
I meant to say oral/anal. But it is the same answer for both in your case.
mkh9
I meant to say oral/anal. But it is the same answer for both in your case.
mkh9
Same reply
I was more worried about her than me!
richie217, you are definitely worrying. You are not a risk candidate for oral HPV. To worry about this is a waste of your brain space and a detriment to a happy and fulfilled feeling about life you could be having instead. Oral HPV is so so so rare today even though it's on the rise it's still unbelievably rare for someone to get it. It does happen, but the chances are low and you're not even inthe behavioral risk group anyway. If I were you, I'd let it go immediately and get back to enjoying your woman's butt.
Thanks for the reply, I am a bit of a worrier, but this is not an easy subject to ask about! No we dont have any other symptoms,I am just trying to get some perspective .
Since you both have been monogamous and she hasn't ever had an abormal PAP smear right? Then I wouldn't worry about it. If she had high risk HPV it would have shown up in the PAP smear by now. Do either of you have any symptoms? If not then it sounds ok. Anal cancer is primarily caused by the HPV virus. I haven't seen any data yet that suggests that the friction or roughness of anal sex alone (if HPV negative) would cause any problem.
hope this helps.
mkh9
hope this helps.
mkh9
Her cervical smears were okay, not really sure if we do HPV tests in the UK.
If your Pap smears and HPV results are negative you have nothing to worry about.
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