Question: I was once infected with anal HPV low-risk 3 years ago. I am a 20 years old XXXXXXX person, who have XXXXXXX sex. I went for check up many times, but never had ANY reccurence since then. Can you please confirm to me if the following statements are true of false, provide further explanations or correct me when I'm wrong?

I do not have any risk of cancer, because low-risk types do not lead to cancer, only high-risk does. Is it true?
Low-risk means no reccurence of infection, only high-risk will generate reccurences. Is it true?
Biogically I am cured, therefore no more recurrence and I have nothing to contaminate anyone. Theorically, I still have the virus, because technically viruses cannot be completely eliminated by the body, only supressed and controlled. This is like a scar, you bleed, you heal, then the scar stays, but the scar is just trace, it cannot do anything. It's like asking, did you ever fall from a bike? You say yes, but I'm fine now, you can only see the scar. Is this comparable?
The two years mark of the supression of the viral load has only to do with high-risk HPV, low-risk never has recurrence of infection once cleared, therefore the period of 2 years of the reccurence risk does not apply to my case.
If the period applies, it has been anyhow 3 years that I had nothing and still have nothing. As a person who once got infected with low-risk HPV, will it reoccur EVER AGAIN in my life? If yes, in what circumstances?
Should i talk about it to my potential life partner? Or is it useless, as nothing may never appear?

Dear Dr Dakkar,

Thank you for your detailed answer. So as I am cured, I am not contagious, am I right?

Also, will it be possible for the virus to REACTIVATE and cause infection again in my life?
If yes, can you list me the condition for it to reactivate and cause warts again?
If no, can you please explain why?

Thank you very much

Dear Dr Kakkar,

Thank you for your answer. I just have one last question topic.

I have read that some people get the warts back however later in life, multiple years after the infection (5-10 years+). Some women also get it back when they are older. I have read that this is due to immune deficiency, as you get older, and as you may have a disease. So my question is:

Will the warts come back when I have immune deficiency ? Such as smoking, drinking, flu/cold, and AGEING (when I'm older)?

Because they have found in old woman that HPV reactivates, will this be my case as I get older when my immune is weak?

And if it is true that reactivation is caused due to immune deficiency, at what level of deficiency (what cause, what disease) are the warts risking to come back? In other words, how sick do I have to be for it to come back? What cause, what disease and especially what probability in that case?

Thank you again, your answers to this will complete all my doubts in my future, and I appreciate if you can detail your answer for the sub-questions.

Kindest Regards,

XXXX

Thank you for your answer, but my question was more likely :

If my immune system weakens (without talking about HIV, but more about when I get older, am hospitalized, or have a disease) will the warts come back ?


Thank you