STI scare ??? Question regarding anal warts.

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I am top, I recently had sex with a bottom and while at it I noticed the bottom got some anal warts down there, i felt it when I put my fingers down there. I used a condom all through, am sti free and on prep, also had 1st shot of HPV vaccine few weeks before this sexual encounter. However I've been having a bit of anxiety since because anal warts is said to transmit easily through skin contact. I'm wondering I might contract it since I touched it(washed my hands after if that helps lol) or if I'm protected due to the HPV vaccine shot I took. Don't really know much about it i just know warts are cause by HPV virus. If anyone can advise on this please.
 

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I've seen studies that say 85% of sexually active people have HPV. It's very common and a lot of people clear the virus on their own with no issues. There are multiple strains of the virus and only a few of them cause cancer. If you're playing as safe as possible and proactively protecting yourself with the vaccine, then I don't think you have anything to worry about.
 
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I've seen studies that say 85% of sexually active people have HPV. It's very common and a lot of people clear the virus on their own with no issues. There are multiple strains of the virus and only a few of them cause cancer. If you're playing as safe as possible and proactively protecting yourself with the vaccine, then I don't think you have anything to worry about.
Thanks. Good to know
 

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Anal warts is like regular warts .. just because they are there doesn’t mean you will get them if you touch them.. there’s certain times they are easy to catch..
Did he know he had them? Or did you say due you have anal warts ?


I’ve had guys fuck me and say they feel something inside my asshole .. and I tell them it’s a scar .. and if don’t believe me they can ask my mom and brothers and few friends I told about how I got it ..


last thing —- prep only helps you from catching hiv right ? Does not prevent any other std’s?
 

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Anal warts is like regular warts .. just because they are there doesn’t mean you will get them if you touch them.. there’s certain times they are easy to catch..
Did he know he had them? Or did you say due you have anal warts ?


I’ve had guys fuck me and say they feel something inside my asshole .. and I tell them it’s a scar .. and if don’t believe me they can ask my mom and brothers and few friends I told about how I got it ..


last thing —- prep only helps you from catching hiv right ? Does not prevent any other std’s?

Regular warts? I thought if its on the genital areas then its sexually transmitted. Am sure he definitely knows he has them, I didn't bring it up cos I didn't want him to feel embarrassed. And yes I know prep only protects from hiv
 

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Are you 100% sure that they were warts and caused by an infection? Not just benign skin tags?
Because those are quite common, and sometimes it's not the easiest to distinguish them. Maybe it's a good idea to talk to him? Also in case he doesn't know? (I don't know how often people look at their own hole!).
 
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Are you 100% sure that they were warts and caused by an infection? Not just benign skin tags?
Because those are quite common, and sometimes it's not the easiest to distinguish them. Maybe it's a good idea to talk to him? Also in case he doesn't know? (I don't know how often people look at their own hole!).
They were definitely anal warts, I didn't want to bring it up in order not to embarrass him.i think he knows cos those were too obvious for anyone not to notice, they were two lumps one outside the hole the other inside.
 

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I am top, I recently had sex with a bottom and while at it I noticed the bottom got some anal warts down there, i felt it when I put my fingers down there. I used a condom all through, am sti free and on prep, also had 1st shot of HPV vaccine few weeks before this sexual encounter. However I've been having a bit of anxiety since because anal warts is said to transmit easily through skin contact. I'm wondering I might contract it since I touched it(washed my hands after if that helps lol) or if I'm protected due to the HPV vaccine shot I took. Don't really know much about it i just know warts are cause by HPV virus. If anyone can advise on this please.
Be careful. Using a condom you should be fine. My impression is non oral or sexual skin contact is not an issue but I don't know for sure. In most cases, hpv goes away on its own within 2 years. Unfortunately, I got it many years ago in my early 20s, had never heard of it, no vaccine then, and went through hellish treatments, burning, freezing, chemical dissolving, after which it took a week of soaking in antibiotics after every excruciating bowel movement before it healed. That lasted all summer. Then the fucking gp sent me to a surgeon for wart removal. I was pissed as shit and wondered why the asshole hadn't referred me to start with unless his was homophobic and was trying to punish me or teach me a lesson. Needless to say, never went back to him.
After surgery, there was, of course, another hell week. I lost at least 10 pounds that summer just because I wouldn't eat lunch at work during the hell weeks, fearing it might trigger a bowel movement for which I couldn't soak and might get infected.
The surgeon was kind and reassuring but warned me it could come back in later years and could initiate cancer.
Flash forward to 2023. After a colonoscopy, I was referred to a colorectal surgeon after they noticed evidence of hpv. The surgeon examined me and said there was no sign of cancer but he would advise surgery to biopsy tissue to be safe. That I did and it was benign. I will be checked again in the future.
Just an unrelated but important footnote to this story. Both of my "savior" surgeons in these situations were from families who had immigrated to the United States to escape oppression. They were both the finest, most compassionate doctors I have ever come in contact with. With the exception of Native Americans, all of us in this country came from immigrant families - lest we forget.
 
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There are 170 varieties of HPV. Eight are currently known to cause 99% of HPV driven cancers (primarily cervical cancer in women, throat cancer in men and anal cancer in both - other factors may cause those cancers without HPV). The vaccine is an octet which covers all eight of those.

Two of the 170 cause genital warts, are not known to cause cancer and are not in the vaccine. IOW don't worry about it. :)

BTW if you've ever had warts of any kind that's HPV.

I'm glad to hear you got the vax and continue to use condoms. :cool:
 
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Be careful. Using a condom you should be fine. My impression is non oral or sexual skin contact is not an issue but I don't know for sure. In most cases, hpv goes away on its own within 2 years. Unfortunately, I got it many years ago in my early 20s, had never heard of it, no vaccine then, and went through hellish treatments, burning, freezing, chemical dissolving, after which it took a week of soaking in antibiotics after every excruciating bowel movement before it healed. That lasted all summer. Then the fucking gp sent me to a surgeon for wart removal. I was pissed as shit and wondered why the asshole hadn't referred me to start with unless his was homophobic and was trying to punish me or teach me a lesson. Needless to say, never went back to him.
After surgery, there was, of course, another hell week. I lost at least 10 pounds that summer just because I wouldn't eat lunch at work during the hell weeks, fearing it might trigger a bowel movement for which I couldn't soak and might get infected.
The surgeon was kind and reassuring but warned me it could come back in later years and could initiate cancer.
Flash forward to 2023. After a colonoscopy, I was referred to a colorectal surgeon after they noticed evidence of hpv. The surgeon examined me and said there was no sign of cancer but he would advise surgery to biopsy tissue to be safe. That I did and it was benign. I will be checked again in the future.
Just an unrelated but important footnote to this story. Both of my "savior" surgeons in these situations were from families who had immigrated to the United States to escape oppression. They were both the finest, most compassionate doctors I have ever come in contact with. With the exception of Native Americans, all of us in this country came from immigrant families - lest we forget.
Thanks for this...I hope nothing serious happens and go for testing in 3months time
 
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There are 170 varieties of HPV. Eight are currently known to cause 99% of HPV driven cancers (primarily cervical cancer in women, throat cancer in men and anal cancer in both - other factors may cause those cancers without HPV). The vaccine is an octet which covers all eight of those.

Two of the 170 cause genital warts, are not known to cause cancer and are not in the vaccine. IOW don't worry about it. :)

BTW if you've ever had warts of any kind that's HPV.

I'm glad to hear you got the vax and continue to use condoms. :cool:


Thanks. This bit 'are not known to cause cancer and are not in the vaccine.' - Do you mean the one that causes warts are not covered by the vaccine? BTW I've never had anal warts, only hemorrhoids in the past, which went away after a few days of using anusol.
 

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Thanks for this...I hope nothing serious happens and go for testing in 3months time
I'm sure you'll be fine. Treatment has improved tremendously over the years and for most it is not serious even if there is a problem. Even for me, the surgery was less bothersome than a standard colonoscopy. It was not even particularly painful afterward. They gave me a prescription for oxy which I filled but threw away because just acetaminiphen was fine for me. Oxy scares me!:rolleyes:
 
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Thanks. This bit 'are not known to cause cancer and are not in the vaccine.' - Do you mean the one that causes warts are not covered by the vaccine? BTW I've never had anal warts, only hemorrhoids in the past, which went away after a few days of using anusol.

Yes. The two varieties of HPV known to cause genital warts are not covered by the vaccine because they are not known to cause cancer.

Sorry I wasn't more clear about that.
 
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