Low risk HPV disclosure

[Plrk]

Hello!
There is one question that I am thinking of pretty much everyday. I had one single genital wart 3 years ago. Got it removed and started to boost my immune system immediately. I am still going on with that. It haven´t had appeared again but I am no longer in the relationship in which we both shared this infection. I dated one guy after that, told him about the potential risk and as far as I know, he´s ok (it was a year ago). Unfortunately things didn´t work out. Now I am facing the same fears about disclosure again... There is someone I really care about and I rather consider just letting him go because I really don´t want anything bad for him. And this thing is... it completely changed my life. Not the stupid tiny wart itself  but the stigma around it, the non-exact information, the confusion about this! Why there is no advice on what to do some time after the treatment? And what about years after that? I am not asking about if I should disclose it or not - I dont want to lie, I will either tell or disappear (that seems easier and actually more fair). But are the chances of giving it to that person high? Considering that it´s been 3 years ago and the previous partner doesnt have anything? Will there be a day I could tell myself I am normal? Like after 10 years after the treatment? I would wait if I knew there is some hope...

[male_in_twenties]

Agreed. If you haven't had any symptoms in 3 months then you shouldn't worry about disclosing to new partners and you should enjoy your sex life.

The strains of HPV that cause genital warts (6 and 11) are very common and you are likely not the first person they will have slept with that has had a case in the past.

[veryworried420]

The odds of infecting someone after 3 years is a low percentage. People are not telling future partners because it is assumed that if anyone has been sexually active (more than 3 partners in their entire life), then they have been exposed to it. Even if they only had safe sex. So if your new partner knows th facts about HPV, he will shrug this off as something that he already has. I've been dating middle aged women and I have yet to meet one that did not have a bad pap result at one point in their lives. As for years/decades after a wart is removed, no one can predict anything except that the odds of being infectious again is very very low. But it could happen. Since men cannot be tested, if any sexually active man says he is clean, they are either ignorant of the facts or misleading themselves. Don't let go of a future partner because of one wart 3 years ago. If he has been sexually active, he has it too and he cannot prove he doesn't have it.