so. much. misinformation... please read:
CDC
Who Gets HPV?
mami, how long has it been since you were diagnosed? most HPV, low-risk and high-risk infections, clear on their own within a few months to 24-months.
to the people that are spouting that they are "not diseased" - you only think that because you haven't shown any symptoms. if you are sexually active it is INCREDIBLY likely you have had/currently have/or will acquire HPV. how many of you, that have never been symptomatic, have ever told a sexual partner that there's as high as an 80% chance you have acquired HPV?
infection cannot be confirmed in men unless visible warts are present (low-risk HPV) and women are not tested unless a PAP comes back abnormal. HPV isn't included in a normal STD panel - a woman can request a test (for high-risk only; to my knowledge, there is no test for low-risk HPV) from her OB/GYN but under most circumstances, a doctor will discourage testing since healthy immune systems eradicate the virus after a short time with no ill-effects.
a number of years ago i was treated for low-risk HPV. i entered into a relationship two+ years after my diagnosis and didn't tell my partner, who is my current boyfriend. he never developed any symptoms, ftr. a few years into our relationship, i had a routine PAP come back abnormal due to a high-risk HPV infection (that i'd likely acquired from him). the abnormal cells were treated and i haven't had any unusual PAP tests or symptoms since. if i were to ever be single again, there's no way i'd ever tell someone i'd been diagnosed with low- or high-risk HPV.
to me, unless it's a recently diagnosed infection or one that's continually symptomatic due to a compromised immune system, it's akin to telling someone you'd once been infected with the flu... only with a lot more stigma.
I understand what you're saying. However, to alot of us..this is still wrong.
What you do is up to you. But OP opened this up to public opinion.
She knew she had HPV. She knew she could infect him. She didn't tell him.
Apparently, you'd do the same.
But alot of us wouldn't. And alot of us would still like to be told, ahead of time,
whether our about-to-be sexual partner thinks it's noteworthy or not. I see it as
a matter of respect and choice...just like sex.
I know this is not what you meant..but when I read your
last sentence, I started thinking about the flu.
Whenever I'm unfortunate enough to catch the flu..
I really do always tell
anyone I come in contact with.
I also kind of quarantine myself, trying as much as possible,
to stay away from the ppl I live with.
I always figure that it's bad enough that I've got it..
I'd prefer not to spread it to anyone else, if I can avoid it.
I see that as a matter of caring and respect too.
If I were in fact infected with HPV, and was aware of it, I would tell my sexual partners.
I'm not a virgin..so my chances are as bad as anyone else's.
I understand what you say, but I would take a different
approach. It doesn't mean I don't understand the numbers, or how likely it is that I may
one day be infected with it. I would just have to do what I thought was right..and what
I would want someone else to do for me.
HPV or the flu..just respect me enough to tell me.
token
Over 26, so I can't get the HPV vaccine 
