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So i just found out that my best friend is engaged to a guy that has genital warts ...they had only been dating for about 3 or 4 months when she found out (because supposedly thats when he went to the clinic and found out that he had it) they had already had unprotected sex she went to be checked and her test all came back negative. I thought that this would be her breaking and point and that she would leave him but she said she really does love him but she is just too scared to have sex with him I dont see how it will ever work ...I looked it up ...dont really know that much about it myself ...i dont really know anything to say to help her ...she just says that once they get married that they will use protection and that she heard that if they wanted to have kids that she could prevent getting the warts by undergoing insemination ...is that right ..I told her that she could still get the warts even if they do use protection and that she may want to look into the insemination a little further to see if thats accurate ...it doesnt make sense to me..anybody have any info that I can pass along to her?

There is tons of info out there on genital warts. Did she wiki it? Emedicine? mayoclinic.com?

The one thing about genital warts from my OB/GYN education (from a GYN NP) is that it is the most common STD out there. I think that is still the case. I remember something like 25% of the population as a number. I also remember her calling it a "nuisance STD." If I am remembering right, it is like Herpes and once you have it, you can't really get rid of the virus, although you can get rid of the warts, so you can technically always be contagious. I think you can get it even if you use a condom, because it's a skin-skin transmission (not semen/lady partsl fluid.) I would guess that if she is married to the guy, she is eventually going to get it.

Did her doc offer her that vaccine Gardasil? That protects from some strains.

Hmmm, I got statistics for HPV that were around 75% of the sexually active population. Of course, not all strains cause warts.

This came from an OB-GYN. I haven't researched it or anything.

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Hmmm, I got statistics for HPV that were around 75% of the sexually active population. Of course, not all strains cause warts.

This came from an OB-GYN. I haven't researched it or anything.

I think the overall cases of HPV infection are probably much higher. I think they figures I was quoting had to do with the strains that cause genital warts only -- so 25% of the population has genital warts. I think. It was a long time ago, could be wrong.

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And.........my ob/gyn told me on Wednesday that 80% of people also have

genital herpes but are asymptomatic. Makes you feel all warm and fuzzy, huh?

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Specializes in multispecialty ICU, SICU including CV.
And.........my ob/gyn told me on Wednesday that 80% of people also have

genital herpes but are asymptomatic. Makes you feel all warm and fuzzy, huh?

WHAAAAAT? Holy crap. Is that for real?

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Unfortunately because your asking this on behalf of a friend rather than in a professional capacity it does fall into the category of asking medical advice.

It sounds like your friend has had a discussion with her health are provider and she should continue to follow that advice rather than rely on information posted on an internet forum

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