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[Z Y G G Y]

The virus itself can't be cured, but the warts can be treated. From what I understand, if you manage to stay symptom-free for around 6 months, you're no longer infectious. I had a few sessions of cryosurgery (freezing them with liquid nitrogen), which hurt like hell and didn't help at all. Then I was prescribed a cream called Aldara, which also hurt like hell, but it worked great. The wart completely disappeared after I applied the cream 3 times a week for a month. Sounds like a long time, but in some cases Aldara can take up to 4 months to clear the warts.

Jeezes that must have been hell at times. I got infected with HPV but it was the one that didn't really show symptoms. My symptom was one tiny, barely visible or touchable little growth that I just scratched off with my fingernail cuz it was so annoying. Then I looked it up online, got tested and it was HPV. I read that the symptom free strains are the cancer causing ones thou so I guess it was good and bad that I got the one I got. After I got infected I had abnormal pap's for a few years and recently I finally got a normal one which means the virus has cleared up! Yay!

Since u said that if u stay symptom free for 6+months then u r no longer infectious. How about the strains that are symptoms free. HPV causes genital warts and there are many different strains. It's possible that u have 2 strains, one symptom free and one with symptoms. It's hard for me to believe that just cuz u don't show symptoms then u r not infectious. The virus can still be there in remission. The only way for u to know if u r not infectious is by getting a sample tested for the presence of the virus. Otherwise there is not way to know for sure since some strains are symptom less but yet are spreadable.

 

[wibble]

My roommate has a pylinidal cyst (not sure of the spelling?) which sounded like that and was very painful ---

God saw something on telly about having those, sounded really awful.

Hope you get things sorted out in ER mitchy.

 

[Sweet P]

Jeezes that must have been hell at times. I got infected with HPV but it was the one that didn't really show symptoms. My symptom was one tiny, barely visible or touchable little growth that I just scratched off with my fingernail cuz it was so annoying. Then I looked it up online, got tested and it was HPV. I read that the symptom free strains are the cancer causing ones thou so I guess it was good and bad that I got the one I got. After I got infected I had abnormal pap's for a few years and recently I finally got a normal one which means the virus has cleared up! Yay!

Since u said that if u stay symptom free for 6+months then u r no longer infectious. How about the strains that are symptoms free. HPV causes genital warts and there are many different strains. It's possible that u have 2 strains, one symptom free and one with symptoms. It's hard for me to believe that just cuz u don't show symptoms then u r not infectious. The virus can still be there in remission. The only way for u to know if u r not infectious is by getting a sample tested for the presence of the virus. Otherwise there is not way to know for sure since some strains are symptom less but yet are spreadable.

Yeah it was a pain in the ass - literally!

Some strains of HPV are more cancerous than others. My doc suggested that I have an anal pap smear to check for early signs of cancer in that area (I think that's what Farrah Fawcett recently died of). I haven't had the smear yet, but I suppose I should get it done sometime soon.

I'm not entirely sure about the 6 month thing... it's probably more accurate to say you're less infectious after 6 months symptom-free, rather than no longer infectious at all. I remember my doctor saying that a person is most infectious when the warts are visible. It's an extremely common virus though. Apparently 50-75% of all people will catch HPV at some point in their lives, but only a small number actually show symptoms. A person's immune system probably plays a role in this. I know mine is pretty weak.

 

[Mitchy=)]

Thanks for all the replies guys ;D

So i went and got it cut out, it was a 'Perianal hematoma' and is apparently quiet common.
But after getting home yesterday i noticed it had re-appeared, and so i went back last night, got that one cut out. AND now i have another one thats appeared.... -.-
The first night they didnt give me anything for pain and i had to grab stilnox off a friend so i could sleep. But last night they gave me something (thank god) because after the local anaesthetic wore off i was in alot of pain.

So, now i'm tossing up whether to go back or not & get this last little one cut out, i hate those 'Your just going to feel a little prick' conversations, "are you ok?" 'About as ok as i could be at a time like this...' haha
And to top it all off, my car is in a shop getting fixed, so i have to get my mum to take me to the ER again -.-
Worst week ever haha..

 

[alexander]

So i went and got it cut out, it was a 'Perianal hematoma' and is apparently quiet common.
But after getting home yesterday i noticed it had re-appeared, and so i went back last night, got that one cut out. AND now i have another one thats appeared.... -.-

*sigh*

Whatever it is, if the doctor's first words out of their mouth is "let's cut it out", I'd take a raincheck and do some more independent research. Doctors have this annoying habit of reaching for the scalpel to cut out the symptom and disregard the underlying cause. Net result - symptom returns, sometimes in triplicate.

For now, I'd at least try to ensure that your stool is softened (diet; milk of magnesia...). You want as little straining as possible and as little irritation as possible, so no rough toilet paper (preferably wetted with warm water, or no paper at all).

 

[dcraver877]

shit man i got hemerhoids this week!!! fuckin blows!!!! tried the prep h cream...worked for about a minute. tried the suppositories...worked for about 15 minutes. finallly after being in agonizing pain for days i got my dad to get some witch hazel. shit cleared it up almost instantly! the external hemerhoid just shrank up and went back in and all the pain went away.!

 

[Escher's Waterfall]

An FYI: Doctors are paid to deal with this sort of problem.

Tell them all your fears. Feel embarrassed if you want to, but they've heard it before.

It's not worth suffering.

 

[jannerfish]

I brightened up a doctor's boxing day some years back with a proud cyst between balls and anus. He prescribed antibiotics and my baby burst a day or two later. Left a new pattern on the bedstuffs. Was seriously fucking painful and had me walking like a drunk crab. It started as an annoying itch that got worse and began to grow.