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Could I have been exposed to HPV in 2018 but only develop symptoms in 2020?
Hey guys,
In 2018 I had unprotected oral and vaginal sex with my GF. We did get tested for other STD's but I didn't know her HPV status.
In 2019, I only kissed two girls.
In January 2020, a girl stayed over we kissed and she gave me a handjob. No oral, vaginal nor anal sex. I read the doctors saying that it is very difficult to catch STD's(even HPV) through a handjob.
In September 2020, I developed what appears to be genital wart on my foreskin.
This time was the pandemic I was very stressed, its likely my immune system was low so if I had a "dormant" HPV its appeared. I was too focused on covid so I did not pay as much attention to it.
January 2022, I saw a telehealth dermatologist who believes the genital lesion I have is or was HPV.
After that experience, I do plan on getting the Gardasil vacccine and getting circumcised.
In 2018 I had unprotected oral and vaginal sex with my GF. We did get tested for other STD's but I didn't know her HPV status.
In 2019, I only kissed two girls.
In January 2020, a girl stayed over we kissed and she gave me a handjob. No oral, vaginal nor anal sex. I read the doctors saying that it is very difficult to catch STD's(even HPV) through a handjob.
In September 2020, I developed what appears to be genital wart on my foreskin.
This time was the pandemic I was very stressed, its likely my immune system was low so if I had a "dormant" HPV its appeared. I was too focused on covid so I did not pay as much attention to it.
January 2022, I saw a telehealth dermatologist who believes the genital lesion I have is or was HPV.
After that experience, I do plan on getting the Gardasil vacccine and getting circumcised.
They also say some of them take years though.
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Do you still have the spot? The thing that would make me think it's not HPV is if you have it a year and a half later, and it hasn't changed, you haven't gotten more, etc.
The kind of HPV associated with oral sex is usually the high risk strains, which are the ones that don't present with visible warts. Handjobs do not transmit HPV, or any other STDs.
The incubation period - time from infection to symptoms - can be several months - but most people clear the virus from their bodies within 2 years. If you got the oral sex in 2018, most likely, the HPV would be gone by now.
All that said, you can determine what this is by getting it biopsied. That's the only way to know for sure.
The kind of HPV associated with oral sex is usually the high risk strains, which are the ones that don't present with visible warts. Handjobs do not transmit HPV, or any other STDs.
The incubation period - time from infection to symptoms - can be several months - but most people clear the virus from their bodies within 2 years. If you got the oral sex in 2018, most likely, the HPV would be gone by now.
All that said, you can determine what this is by getting it biopsied. That's the only way to know for sure.
Symptoms usually occur within 2 to 3 months from exposure. https://www.uofmhealth.org/health-library/hw105401
My apologies if I am asking "too many" questions, I promise this is the last one regarding this topic.
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