Hi everyone

I'm going to my local clinic for a regular check up soon and I asked them about vaccines/meds to make sure I have all I need.

I enquired on if you could catch HPV and Hep A and B through unprotected oral. They said the chance is really low but once you've got HPV you never really get rid of it.

That does contradict a little of what I've read online but then you can't always trust online source.

What have you all been told about those 3 STIs?

Thanks I did try searching but I couldn't find anything that hit the spot but I'll keep digging.

Can you keep my post open though in case someone can advise? I just want to make sure what I'm being told is consistent.

Thanks

Fair enough. I was just wondering what other people have been told by other professionals as what I was told contradicts what's on say the nhs website a little but I'll have a better chat with them when I see them next week

About 4 years ago, a smear/pap test revealed hat I had hpv. I was told that most women actually get this in their lifetime but will never know. She also told me that it will go by itself. I had another test done about 6 months ago and no hpv.

My nurse said that the only time hpv is a worry is if there is also abnormal cells showing, which thankfully I wasn’t showing that. I had a vaccination for one of the heps, can’t remember which. That was offered at a sex clinic

It is my understanding there are 100s of varieties of HPV some cause warts, some are associated with cancer, some are dealt with by the body. Many smear tests are actually not a smear but testing for  HPV varieties associated with cancer usually progressing to further checks if the cancer associated types are detected. GUM clinics in my experience usually offer Hep B vaccination, I was given Hep A vaccine as part of travel vaccination. The GUM check my Hep B immunity as part of a normal screen,

Where you both advised on how transmittable HPV, Hep A and B were with unprotected oral or CIM?

I have never asked I just know from reading Hep is transferred by bodyfluids, and HPV can be transmitted even by touch. WHO website says Hep A can be transmitted through food and water, as well as direct contact with an infected person.

Okay it is safe to assume then that contact with man fluids is a risk of transmission?

I'm booked in next week for the first doses.

Medics and people who work with sewage receive hep vaccinations, are you happy to receive the vaccinations?