HPV AS A 21 YEAR OLD

[LUCYLUVV]

As a 21 year old, i've recently caught HPV and was only sexually active with 2 people in my life. I want to know if this will ever go away, knowing that i am young and have a strong immune system. Also, i recently noticed small warts and getting treated for them. Even though i've been getting the warts, is there a chance that the HPV will go away?

[auntiejessi]

You should post in the herpes forum for some good info and support.  See above for a link.

Aj

[Jenna2020]

At 18 I broke up with my boyfriend of two years whom I had only had sex with twice and began dating a 23 year old man who gave me HPV the first time we had sex.  I married and divorced him after that but I spent years not having a romantic life or dating really bad men because I felt I was damaged goods.  I even used drugs to ease the pain.  My third partner who I became engaged to gave me herpes.  So forgiving my self now I figure a lot of people were unlucky like me and the only way to be safe is to abstain because condoms don't always work because of genital skin to skin contact.

[mayflowers]

yes, your body will clear the infection out within a few months.  The type of hpv that causes warts is called low-risk hpv and it's extremely common.

[monkeyflower]

Generally speaking, it's thought that after 6 months to a year without symptoms, you can consider them cleared. In the meantime, you can feel better knowing HPV is pretty ubiquitous--just about everyone with more than a couple of partners will contract at least one strain. You're in good company :-)