My girlfriend has low-risk HPV with no symptoms. Should I be worried as a guy?
Saturday, August 14th, 2010 at
2:40 pm
She has had HPV for a long time and it was diagnosed as low-risk and rarely shows up when she is checked up on. She has never had warts or anything like that. Is this something I should be worried about? She has also had the Gardasil vaccine. Is this something that I should be worried about?
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To the person that said HPV is warts……..yes and no to that. Genital warts is just a form of HPV, but there are others out there. I have HPV, but do not have warts. I have a different kind.
To the person that asked this, soory but you have the disease. There’s no way around it. The longer you have been with her, the better your chances are for getting it. There is no test for you as a man though. Also, keep in mind that it wont do anything to you. Well, you have a chance of getting anal cancer but if your a hetro sexual male, then you wont. Depending on how long you have been with her, then chanes are you have it to but dont be concerned for you really. If you and this girl your with now were to ever break up and you were with someone else, that is something she needs to know because as a woman, its more dangerous for us than it is for a man.
Also, about the vaccine, I’m not sure who typed it but they are right. If there is already an existing condition of HPV, the vaccine will not help.
And lastly, just be aware that condems wont help either. Say you decided to be with someone else and you wanted to protect her, protected sex wont help. It’ might slim down the chances, but HPV is a genital skin to skin contact. Even with you being protected, your still touching her and therefore exposing her to it. As someone who has dealt with the disease for awhile, I’ve done plenty of research asked my doc many questions about the subject
Hope this helps
Yes, man can also get HPV! Take care and good luck!
HPV is genital warts, and there’s no cure….
Gonna stick your junk in that?
Vaccine doesn’t touch EXISTING disease, just prevents cancer.
Your girl friend probably has a low grade lesion. The virus causing abnormal cervical cell changes seen in her Pap test. Low risk HPV types are generally associated with actual external visual warts of the genital area.
LSIL—Low-grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion. Low-grade means there are early changes in the size and shape of the cells. The word lesion refers to an area of abnormal tissue. LSILs are considered mild abnormalities caused by HPV infection and are a common condition, especially among young women. The majority of LSILs return to normal over months to a few years.
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/risk/HPV
The most common HPV test only screens the cervix it does not screen for low risk HPV types….it only screens for 13 high risk HPV types of the cervix.
http://www.thehpvtest.com
Low grade lesions are lesions that most often with time will regress.
If your girl friend received the vaccine after she had engaged in sex then the vaccine may not have prevented the 4 HPV types it is said to prevent. They are 40 genital HPV types so the vaccine does not prevent all genital high and low risk HPV types.
Men don’t have the same risks that women carry with the virus. Some men do have problems with the virus…but there is no FDA DNA approved HPV test for the male. Most men and women do not know they carry an HPV type because most don’t show signs or symptoms. Studies show that even with no visible signs you most probably share her HPV type.
Should you worry?? I don’t see any reason to worry. It may be important for you to share the knowledge with a new sex partner…that you may carry HPV. It is a common STI about 50% of the population carries and HPV type or types…most never knowing it.
I don’t see how your girlfriend’s receiving Gardasil injection…would be of any worry for you…
http://www.gardasil.com
If your girl friends pap test has be positive for low grade cell changes after several Pap test…you and your partner may want to discuss the use of condoms…studies have shown that condoms can help the virus regress…for you and your partner…and condoms have shown to help aid in the healing of her cervix.