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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes. From first guy I ever slept with. In college.  I struggled for many years with various forms of treatment but they would always come back (even though I broke up wit the guy who gave them to me.) Within 5 years I had bad pap smears from a known cancer causing strain.

I had to have expensive and painful laser surgery yo finally get rid of them (as did my partner at the time - hard to tell if he for them from me or already had them).

I did finally get rid of them, and have had clean paps for years, but if has made me unwilling to have non-monogamous sex, plus I insist on condom use for STI safety.   Some partners have been respectful of my conditions for consensual sex, some have not.

One of my close male friends had a bout with throat cancer caused by HPV.

I know many people treat HPV very casually, but that has not been my experience. [/quote]

Did you have warts? And did you have abnormal pap smears as a result? Or did you have no warts?

I know there are high risk strains that cause cancer and give abnormal paps. And there are non high risk strains that cause warts. What I am confused about is, are there low risk strains that cause warts AND give you abnormal pap smears? Or is it only the high risk strains that cause abnormal paps?[/quote]

FYI the strain that causes warts is different from the strains that cause cancer. Then there are other strands that don't cause anything.[/quote]

I know that. I say that in my post. What I am asking is if this poster had warts or if she is just referring to cervical changes. I’ve never understood whether warts, the non cancer strains, can cause abnormal Pap smear. Or if it’s just the high risk kind that can cause an abnormal Pap smear.[/quote]

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