HPV is a whole family of different strains with wildly different effects. If you've ever had a wart or a verruca, you've had at least one.

If she's talking about an STI diagnosis, she's either had a smear test - a couple of HPV strains are linked to cervical cancer - or has genital warts. You'd probably notice the latter.

They're incredibly common (although the ones linked to cervical cancer are becoming less so following the HPV vaccination programme that started over a decade ago) and mostly harmless in most people. Many people never get any symptoms for the strains they have and the body's immune system gets rid of it in nearly all cases within a year or two.

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It's extremely possible she didn't know. As I say, lots of people don't have symptoms or they take months to develop.

Most of your clients probably have had at least one strain.

Do you mean 'not harmful' in most people?

Miranda x

I think you need to do some reading, HPV is very common there are many versions of the virus and it's difficult to avoid.

Many varieties are dealt with by the immune system, a bit like the common cold but with it symptoms. Some varieties cause cancer or warts.

Many people will never know they have had any of the strains, it won't affect them or turn up in tests. As far as I'm aware you have to be tested for that particular strain.

The health authority in my area test for HPV as screening for cervical cancer, no cancer associated strain of HPV = low cancer risk and they move on.

Do you mean 'not harmful' in most people?

Yes! Too many negatives

I think you need to do some reading...

I think you have misunderstood my post. 

I've had HPV, possibly still do.
It is only picked up when you have a smear, there are no symptoms, and you can have had only one partner and still have it.
There's no blame to lay.
The body tends to clear it up itself, occasionally, gynies burn off the lesions (which is painless)
I think you're over-reacting big time towards your partner, but maybe she didn't tell you in the right way.

Thanks for the help guys. However, she DID know, and she told me so AFTER we'd been having sex for 3 weeks.

She knew WHAT though? Has she got genital warts? Does she need a colposcopy or laser treatment?