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When you go to get treated, please ask the doctor all your questions...they are your most reliable source for answers. You never know who is right or wrong on yahoo answers, and sometimes someone can think they're right but not realize they're wrong. What I'm writing below is to the best of my experience/knowledge, but you should still talk to a doctor about it:

You say your guy has it...does that mean he's the only person you've had sex with? If he is, it is more than likely that he gave it to you. Whether or not he knew he had it is questionable. If he is not the only person you've had sex with, he might have given it to you or you might have gotten it from someone else. Sometimes diseases can lay dormant (in your blood but not show symptoms until later on), so if you had sex with someone a while ago it could've been from them.

Yes, he can be tested. And he can probably be treated as well (for the warts). There are many different types of HPV, and some can be cured easier than others. For other kinds of HPV (not yours) the man cannot be cured and needs to always wear condoms to prevent from spreading it to others. Of the treatments I know, there aren't pills for it...it's done through minor surgeries such as freezing of the warts (which I'm guessing you're getting) or laser biopsy (not for the wart type).

But once again, I stress that you talk to a medical professional for true answers. Good luck!

It is really not known how long we carry the virus after the outgrowth of warts has been treated.

Your guy most probably carries your HPV type...but he may never show a visible wart.

There is no FDA approved test for the male. A doctor can put a vinegar solution on the genital area and use a magnification tool to see if your partner has any small flat wart but there is no treatment without the outgrowth of a wart. Sometime down the road he may show a visible wart but he may not. You can transmit the virus with no visible sign...or even years after the initial infection.

Studies do show there is a risk of transmitting the virus during oral sex. www.oralcancerfoundation.org

It is important for you to have Pap smears in a timely matter. Low risk HPV are not a risk factor for cervical cancer but 20 to 50% of all that carry low risk HPV types may also carry a co-infection with high risk HPV types.

An HPV test only screens for high risk HPV types of the cervix. With an active wart infection you could test negative for high risk HPV infections of the cervix.

You an your partner will not ping pong your shared HPV types back and forth. However using condoms has been shown to help the virus regress and provides a bit more protection to your cervix.

I wish you well.

Genital HPV cannot be entirely prevented by condom use.

HPV can be contracted from one partner, remain dormant, and then later be unknowingly transmitted to another sexual partner

Some people only have one episode, while others have recurrences

When warts are present, the virus is considered active

When warts are gone, the virus is latent (sleeping) in the skin cells - it may or may not be contagious at this time

Genital warts may or may not return after the first episode

A healthy immune system is usually able to clear the virus, or suppress it, over time.

Warts may appear within several weeks after sex with someone who has the wart-types of HPV, or it may take several months or years to appear. Or, warts may never appear. This makes it hard to know exactly when or from whom someone got the virus.

http://www.ashastd.org/learn/learn_hpv_warts.cfm

Genital warts are highly contagious. You have a 60% risk of getting the infection in a single sexual contact with someone who has genital warts.

Infection with genital warts may not be obvious

In men, genital warts can infect the urethra, penis, scrotum, and rectal area. The warts can appear as soft, raised masses with a surface that can be smooth (on the penile shaft) or rough with many fingerlike projections (anal warts). Others may appear pearly, cauliflower-like, or rough with a slightly dark surface. Most lesions are raised, but some may be flat with only slight elevation above the skin surface. Infection with HPV may be dormant or undetectable, with some lesions hidden by hair or in the inner aspect of the uncircumcised foreskin in males.

http://www.emedicinehealth.com/genital_warts/artic...

Currently, there is no treatment to cure HPV. If you have it, it may live in your body forever. Treating the warts may possibly help reduce the risk of transmission to a partner who has never been exposed to the types of HPV you might be carrying. There is not a medical test available for men to detect the HPV virus.

most of HPVs are transmitted through sexual contact so you should definitely let your partner know, unless he/she already got it from you, or maybe you got it from him/her. HPV is the cause of cervical, vulvar or vaginal cancer in women and penile cancer in men, so it's better to get vaccinated on time. As for the wart, I wouldn't advice home removal, it might lead to further complications.

warts have their times when they come out. when they aren't on you or aren't showing, i think you will not give it to your partner. but make sure you are always taking your medicine.

there is not test that I am aware of, but he can also pass it on to other females...so be sure he knows. it may not affect him, but he can infect other people.