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  • This topic has 1 reply, 2 voices, and was last updated 7 years, 3 months ago by Terri Warren.
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    • March 8, 2015 at 11:24 am #5395
      MrX
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      Hi Terri,

      I have a quick hypothetical question on HPV (you can charge me for two herpes questions if you like).

      I had genital warts 25 years ago, treated with laser, never had a recurrence and never gave it to anyone. I understand that the virus ‘clears’ after a few years. Does that mean:

      (i) I am back in the pre-HPV stage, start all over at zero and I can get warts again from a fresh infection caused by someone new? OR
      (ii) I already have it dormant in my system to so I am immune from a fresh infection and there is no way to ‘get it again’ other than having a natural recurrence which is unlikely?

      which of these is true?

    • March 8, 2015 at 2:51 pm #5397
      Terri Warren
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      It is extremely unlikely that you would have a recurrence of the same type of the virus that caused your warts, and most often external genital warts are caused by types 6 or 11. But you could acquire a new type of the virus – either 6 or 11, whichever you didn’t have or you could acquire any of the other 40+ types that can cause genital infection, visible or not. So my answer really doesn’t fit with either of your options but do you see what I mean here?

      Terri

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