[hootergirl2009]

My husband has genital warts on the shaft of his penis. (2) If I give him oral sex can I contract the warts in my mouth?

[fored]

Do you have HPV ? How did he get it. Check this out: (HPV: Important information available at gardasil.com

[hootergirl2009]

I do not have HPV as of my last doctor visit, we were separated for a little while, that is when he contracted them. Should he still get the HPV vaccine? The doctor tried to freeze them off but it didn't work, they came back. He has had them for the last 3 years and I have not gotten anything that I know of, no sores or anything.

[J_9]

Your husband can't get the HPV vaccine and you can only if you are under 21. This vaccine is only for women to help reduce the risk of cervical cancer caused by HPV.

[hootergirl2009]

Are you for sure on that, one of my co-workers said she got the HPV vaccine and she is older than 21. I was also wondering do you have outbreaks like with herpes, do the warts ooze, or anyhting like that or are they just always there.Can I get them anytime or only when they are oozing. (does that make sense?) I mean they never disappear so does that mean he is contagious all the time?

[J_9]

I digress, it is for women ages 9 - 26 years of age, not 21 like I previously mentioned.

You can get them whether there is an outbreak or not.

I would suggest that your husband get on Valtrex if he is not already.

[Fr_Chuck]

Yes you can get it, use a condom if you must, he should see the doctor for the warts, common practice is to freeze them off and/or use of various creams.

[J_9]

y commom practice is to freeze them off and/or use of various creams.

But this is not a cure. There is no known cure for genital warts. It is a virus and will come and go as it pleases unless treated. And then, outbreaks are still possible as well as transmission of the virus.

[hootergirl2009]

So does that mean he is basically contagious all the time?

[hootergirl2009]

Oh-yeah, I Really Do Appreciate All Your Advise!

[J_9]

I would look at it that way if you don't want the virus. Condoms provide a certain level of protection.

Is he on Valtrex? If not, it would be a wise decision for him to visit the doctor and get the prescription.

[J_9]

Forget health expert.

I am not only the health expert, but I am also a RN in women's health.

[fored]

Tell MEN and WOMEN to get HPV innoculations. Cancet throat, Cervix But or course speak to YOUR Health Provider !God Bless !

[J_9]

tell MEN and WOMEN to get HPV innoculations. Cancet throat, Cervix But or course speak to YOUR Health Provider !God Bless !

MEN cannot get HPV innoculations. This is for women only. Gardasil is a vaccination for women only.

You get your medical background from where?

[Fr_Chuck]

Fored, since I can not PM or email you, this is a warning any further improper comments toward any of the experts will get you banned.

Being corrected for giving wrong info is not a reason to be hateful

[nowater12]

Genital warts is contagious I know they are spread though sex so I assume that oral sex applies

[simoneaugie]

They can be contracted above the condom line too. My ex told me that he had gotten the virus even though he was wearing a condom. The warts were all where the condom ended on his penis.

[asking]

I'd like to defend fored on this one. Men do get HPV -- genital warts. It just doesn't cause cancer in them as it does in women (cervical cancer).

The HPV vaccine is the ONLY vaccine for a virus that infects everyone, can be deadly (women die of cervical cancer), and yet has not been recommended for everyone. For example, measles causes blindness in fetuses of women who catch the virus, but the vaccine is not just given to women or just to women of child bearing age. EVERYONE gets the german measles (rubella) vaccine -- even though it's a harmless disease in adults and children -- because society benefits when we protect fetuses from blindness, deafness, etc. Why isn't the same reasoning applied to preventing women from getting cervical cancer?

All vaccines work best if more people are inoculated because the disease then becomes rare. In that case, even people who have not been inoculated are protected. This has been a guiding principle of vaccines since their inception. You inoculate everyone.

HPV is an exception to this and my take is that the reasons are two fold. One is cost. It's cheaper to inoculate only half the population. The second reason is sexism. People don't want to give a vaccine to their son to protect his future sex partners against cancer, and protecting women from death is not as important as protecting babies of both sexes from blindness, so not worth the cost. As you can guess, I totally disagree with this and believe that everyone should get the HPV vaccine. Vaccinating only half the population means that men can continue to carry HPV and give it to women too poor to have got the vaccination or women whose parents don't believe in vaccines. Vaccines eliminated or reduced to nothing diseases like polio, small pox, and German measles. Why shouldn't we do the same with HPV? Why let it continue to circulate among men, increasing the risk for women?

The current policy is misguided and fored was right to say that everyone should get the vaccine, even though it is not government policy at this time.

Men not being protected also leads to situations like this, where women must decide between a normal sex life and risking a dangerous infection. This is unacceptable when an effective vaccine exists to protect both men and women from infection.

[J_9]

The current policy is misguided and fored was right to say that everyone should get the vaccine, even though it is not government policy at this time.

Maybe men should get the vaccine, but it is not approved for men at this time.