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Possible HPV?

I am a heterosexual male and About 1 year ago I had brief exposure (penis to vagina) with a heterosexual woman. A few days later I found out that she had an abnormal pap smear a few months prior. I was also told that she was tested for HPV and it was negative. Before I heard all this, I noticed redness around the opening of my urethra after the exposure. Since then I have been tested for all common STDs past the standard time for testing. However there is no test for HPV for men. I will briefly list my symptoms, They are: Redness around opening of urethra (has not gona away), change in color (purplish) when I open my urethra, wrinkles/bumps on head of penis, small bumps under head of penis, hemmroids/anal fissure (appeared 1 month after exposre, but has gone away), Peridontal Disease (my gums are white and it doesnt look healthy).

My questions are:

1. Does the HPV Test test for the strain that causes genital warts? I read that it only checks for the "high risk" types.
2. Can I put any faith in knowing that her HPV Test was negative? (This has been the only exposure in the past 1.5 years)
3. Do STDs cause White Gums Gingivitis/Peridontal Disease? It looks really severe.
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I don't think it's HPV, I have read alot on it becasue I may have HPV. the only thing HPV may cause in men other than rare cancer is warts, but they should be the same color of your skin, and shoul not cause any of the other symptoms.
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There is no test for HPV in men and there is no vaccine as there is women. The only way to know if you MAY have HPV is if you have genital warts. However, Genital Warts can may due to many other infections/diseases.

I wouldn't worry over it. More than 50% of the male population has or will have HPV eventually and the only complication it MAY lead to is penile cancer (which is rare!). But that's only if you don't take care of your genital warts.

Hope that helps, I know I didn't directly answer your question.
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