
I Have Had Genital Warts In The Past. Do You

Brief Answer:
Regarding HPV vaccine
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome to 'Ask A Doctor' service.
I have gone through your query and noted your concern.
An HPV vaccine is only against carcinogenic HPV types (16, 18, 31, 33) whereas most genital HPV infection is caused by HPV type 6, 11 which are not carcinogenic.
Therefore, it would be ok to take a vaccine as it would be protected from future infection with cancer-causing HPV types 16, 18, 31 and 33 in case you haven't done it already.
Hope I have answered your query.
Let me know if you need any more assistance.
Regarding HPV vaccine
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome to 'Ask A Doctor' service.
I have gone through your query and noted your concern.
An HPV vaccine is only against carcinogenic HPV types (16, 18, 31, 33) whereas most genital HPV infection is caused by HPV type 6, 11 which are not carcinogenic.
Therefore, it would be ok to take a vaccine as it would be protected from future infection with cancer-causing HPV types 16, 18, 31 and 33 in case you haven't done it already.
Hope I have answered your query.
Let me know if you need any more assistance.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Arnab Banerjee


ok. if you can think of a reason not to get it, let me know. i havent heard of one yet. i just dont want a reverse, trigger, or negative effect. i believe i am about to move forward with this but i havent had one reason not to do this before hand. let me know what you think. thanks for your help and time.
Brief Answer:
Regarding HPV
Detailed Answer:
hi.
If you can ensure that you can avoid risk of new HPV infection in the future by avoiding high risk contact with people of unknown sexual history then you can avoid the HPV vaccine In other words if you have a single trustworthy sexual partner then vaccine can be avoided. The vaccine doesn't cure existing HPV infection anyways.
Take care
Regarding HPV
Detailed Answer:
hi.
If you can ensure that you can avoid risk of new HPV infection in the future by avoiding high risk contact with people of unknown sexual history then you can avoid the HPV vaccine In other words if you have a single trustworthy sexual partner then vaccine can be avoided. The vaccine doesn't cure existing HPV infection anyways.
Take care
Note: Consult a Sexual Diseases Specialist online for further follow up- Click here.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Kampana

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