HPV: Genital warts 8 years after Hyst

I am questioning how and or why I could come up with a genital wart some 8 years after my hysterectomy and some 22 years after the one and only time I was treated for genital warts. My boyfriend and I had split up for about a month. During that time he had intercourse with two different people. It was about a month or so after we got back together that I noticed the bump. I mentioned it to my boyfriend and had him look at it. He told me it looked like just a skin bump maybe from shaving as it was kind of between my vaginal and anal area. Thou I dont know if I ever hit that area wit my razor. Well the bump persisted. I was due for my pap so I had asked the doctor to check it and give me a full STD work up since I was concerned about who my boyfriend was sleeping with while we were apart. I think I gave the doctor too much to do because she never said anything about the bump. After all the other tests came back ok I decided to call and make another appointment because I still had the bump and I believe she had forgotten to look at it. Well today she did and she said sure enough it is a genital wart and used acid to burn it off. I do not know how after 22 years of not having another wart would I get one from my own body carrying it around, but she said it may be possible. I honestly believe that it was from my boyfriend not using protection or his choice of sleep partners, but I am probably going to be told I may never know right. I dont know if I am seeking answers or just wanting to vent. Do i tell him to get checked or do they even treat men anymore. Should he ask the two women he slept with during our break about getting infected from them or tell them they should get checked. The reason I dont believe it is from me is I have been married twice since I originally had been treated 22 years ago plus had two other long term relationships and none of them ever got any type of visible wart or anything that I have felt. Has anyone had any experience with this?

Peaches -

I am sorry to hear of your experience and unfortunately I don't have any experience with your condition.

All I can do is offer you some for your frustrations.

G.

Hi peaches95307

Although I didn't have genital warts, I did contract HPV, the virus that can cause both genital warts and cervical cancer, when I was young. I had absolutely no signs of it until it showed up when I had an abnormal pap more than 20 years later.

A follow-up pap six months later showed that the HPV markers were gone for the moment, as they were the following year when I had my hysterectomy.

My doctors have made it very clear that I will need to have paps for most of my life. The virus showed up once, and although it's gone at the moment, it could reappear in two years, twenty years, or more.

Eighty percent of the population has HPV. In most people, there are never any signs of it, but most of us still have it. Because of this, it's almost impossible to pinpoint who is the one who brings it to the relationship.

I'm sorry that you're going through this. Relationships can be complicated enough without an infection--but this truly is something that is very common and may not have anything to do with recent relationships that you or your boyfriend have had.

for you for following up with your doctor to look after yourself.

I'm sending big

It's a virus. If you EVER had ONE genital wart, it stays in your body and can pop out again ANY time.

It's just like the chickenpox virus... it hibernates, then can pop out as shingles.

Or herpes labialis... can pop out as a cold sore any time.

Viruses are like that.