1. No if it is off it cannot be readily tested at this time.
2. Yes the vaccine will work for you now. It is recommended for younger persons as they are the persons most likely to acquire HPV.
3. If you have not had an outbreak, you did not get HSV. Blood tests are not recommended. EWH
1. Can a biopsy be done from the little bump I peeled off 1 day ago.
2. I am 27 and 10 months old .. would the vaccine work for me now .. because I have read it to be effective only till 26?
3. Last question, if possible answer here - Is HSV detected at 1 month?
Close the thread after this . Thanks Doctor.
Welcome to the Forum. There is no realistic way for me to tell you if the lesions you noted were HPV or not without examining you and even then I could not be 100% sure without performing a biopsy. I would suspect not as it is not typical for warts to appear within a month of exposure- the average time is about 6 months for warts to appear.
Even if you did have HPV, this really is not something to worry about. For better or worse, at present HPV is a "fact of life" and most people have it or will have it at some point in the future. Despite this fact, only a tiny minority of persons with HPV get the consequences of infection (primarily women and primarily cancer and pre-cancerous lesions). HPV is the most commonly acquired STD. Over 85% of sexually active women will have HPV infection at some time in their lives. The figure for men is less well studied but similar. In some HPV will cause genital warts, in others it will not cause warts but may lead to changes in PAP smears. In nearly everyone who gets HPV, warts or otherwise, the infections will resolve by themselves without therapy in 8-24 months. In a very small minority of women, HPV infection can persist and lead to the pre-cancerous lesions that PAP smears detect and which can then be treated. For men there is far less risk of any sort.
As for your specific questions:
The best way to prevent HPV transmission is through condom use but condoms are not 100% effective- more like 60-80% effective in reducing HPV risk over time.
Warts/HPV is transmitted by direct contact,. Boxers might help but would by no means be absolute.
The vaccine is recommended for all women of your fiancé’s age. It is over 99% effective for preventing infection by the types of HPV present in the vaccine.
Yes, you can take the vaccine. It should still be highly effective in preventing you form acquiring HPV but it does not treat the infection if already present.
If you have diabetes or are pre-diabetic, this should not affect HPV infection or vaccine effectiveness.
I hope these comments help. EWH